107:1). Everlasting mercy is the character of God’s compassion. His love, grace, mercy are unequaled. The psalmist is concerned that one group especially praise God. • The crowd for the praising. “Let the redeemed … say so” (Psalm 107:2). The redeemed—be they from Gospel salvation or, as in our text, those from the captivity return—are to praise God. Those who have experienced in a special and significant way the mercy of God ought to be first to praise
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