Psalms 107 · Verse 3

Psalms 107:3

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

Psalms 107:3, King James Version

Psalms 107:3 in other translations

BSB	and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
WEB	and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
ASV	And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
YLT	And from the lands hath gathered them, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea.
DARBY	And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
BBE	Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
Webster	And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

What does Psalms 107:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. gathered--alluding to the dispersion of captives throughout the Babylonian empire. from the south--literally, "the sea," or, Red Sea (Psa 114:3), which was on the south.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 3 And gathered them out of the lands - Though many Jews returned into Jerusalem from various parts of the world, under the reigns of Darius Hystaspes, Artaxerxes, and Alexander the Great; yet this prophecy has its completion only under the Gospel, when all the ends of the earth hear the salvation of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 107:1-9

In these verses there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon: but the circumstances of travellers in those countries are also noted. It is scarcely possible to conceive the horrors suffered by the hapless traveller, when crossing the trackless sands, exposed to the burning rays of the sum. The words describe their case whom the Lord has redeemed from the bondage of Satan; who pass…

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Psalms 107:3 in the original Hebrew

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וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹתu.me.'a.ra.Tzotand from [the] landsH776

קִ֫בְּצָ֥םki.be.Tzamhe has gathered themH6908

מִמִּזְרָ֥חmi.miz.Rachfrom eastH4217

וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑בu.mi.ma.'a.Ravand from westH4628

מִצָּפ֥וֹןmi.tza.Fonfrom northH6828

וּמִיָּֽם\׃u.mi.Yamand from [the] seaH3220

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Cross references for Psalms 107:3

Psalms 106:47
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Isaiah 43:5-6
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Jeremiah 29:14
And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Revelation 5:9
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Ezekiel 36:24
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Ezekiel 39:27
When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
Deuteronomy 30:3
That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
Jeremiah 31:10
Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Isaiah 49:12
Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Isaiah 56:8
The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
Ezekiel 20:34
And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

gathered.
106:47; Isa 11:11-16; 43:5,6; 49:12; Jer 29:14; 31:8,10; Eze 36:24
Eze 39:27; Re 5:9
south. Heb. sea.

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Context

Psalms 107:2
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
Psalms 107:3
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
Psalms 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

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Psalms 107:3 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y los ha congregado de las tierras, del oriente y del occidente, del aquilón y de la mar.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et qu’il a rassemblés des pays, du levant et du couchant, du nord et de la mer.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und die er gesammelt hat aus den Ländern, von Osten und von Westen, von Norden und vom Meere.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Exsurge, gloria mea; exsurge, psalterium et cithara; exsurgam diluculo.