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Psalms 107:2
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the redeemed of the LORD in an imperative, calling them to testify. It sits between the general summons to give thanks (v. 1) and the description of gathering from all four directions (v. 3).
The words — The root גָּאַל (gā'al) appears twice in one line: as the noun גְּאוּלֵי (gə'ūlê, "redeemed ones") and the verb גָּאַל (gā'al, "he redeemed"), the kinsman-redeemer's act of buying out or freeing a captive.
The thread — Luke 1:74 echoes "from the hand of the enemy" in the Benedictus; 1 Peter 1:18 and Galatians 3:13 apply the same redemption language to Christ's work, shifting the redeemer from Yahweh acting through history to the Son acting once.
Why it lands — The verse does not describe redemption; it commands a speech act. The redeemed are to be the ones who say it, making testimony the expected fruit of rescue.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
Cross-references
- 1 Peter 1:18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Luke 1:74 deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
- Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- Psalms 31:5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
- Psalms 106:10 He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- Titus 2:14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Isaiah 35:9 No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
- Isaiah 43:1 But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
- Luke 1:68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.