God our redeemer: Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind
Psalm 107 is a psalm of thanksgiving and shows us God as the redeemer not only of the people of Israel, but also of all humanity, because God has a plan.
The Psalm shows us the contrast between God and men, God is perfect and eternally merciful, but men are weak, incomplete, and subject to error; this is how the psalm begins: "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever" Psalm 107:1.
The Jews had suffered exile to Babylon but the Lord raised up the King of the Persians and Medes to free them, and thus God manifested his mercy (compassion, gentleness, kindness) towards Israel so that they would return to their country again, this is how the book of psalms relates this fact:
"Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south" Psalm 107:2-3.
The Babylonian empire had acted without any mercy against the weakest peoples, and had established a tyranny based on terror; but the Lord in his eternal wisdom humiliates the proud and acts against oppression, this is how the sacred scriptures explain this truth when describing the new exodus of the descendants of Judah towards the holy land, Jerusalem together with its walls and its second temple had to be rebuilt under the spiritual guide of the Lord:
"They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress" Psalm 107:5-6.
Worship the Lord continues the Psalm 107, because in him is true love (Agape), and those who trust in him know that they are happy and blessed:
"Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things" Psalm 107:8-9.
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