Psalm 107 · a question people ask
If I cry to the LORD in my trouble, will he always bring me out, as he does in this psalm?
The psalm tells what the LORD did for four groups who cried to him, and it says what he does: "For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good" (107:9). It calls those he rescued to thank him (107:2, 107:8). It doesn't say how soon he rescues, or that trouble won't come again: right after "He blesses them also" (107:38), it says, "Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow" (107:39), and then, "Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction" (107:41). And another psalm cries to the LORD and ends with no rescue told: the last word of Psalm 88 in the WEB is darkness (Psalm 88:18). This psalm's last line asks for attention: "Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the LORD" (107:43).
The verses
“For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.”
“Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,”
“Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!”
“He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease. Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.”