“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;”
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, those he redeemed from trouble. The 'redeemed'—those whom God has saved—become the subject-speakers of the psalm, invited to testify to their deliverance. The phrase 'redeemed from trouble' suggests that redemption addresses specific crises and deliverances. This verse establishes that personal experience of salvation becomes the basis for corporate testimony and praise.
Church Fathers on Psalms 107:2
1. This Psalm commends unto us the mercies of God, proved in ourselves, and is therefore the sweeter to the experienced. And it is a wonder if it can be pleasing to any one, except to him who has learned in his own case, what he hears in this Psalm. Yet was it written not for any one or two, but for the people of God, and set forth that it might know itself therein as in a mirror. Its title needs not now to be treated, for it is Halleluia, and again Halleluia. Which we have a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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