In this Psalm of Thanksgiving, we see four stories of people with four different struggles, "Then they each cry out to the Lord in their troubles (vv. 6a, 13a, 19a, and 28a). The Lord provides their specific needs, and then the stories end with, "Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness and for His wonders to the sons of men (vv. 8, 15, 21, 31). The most used word in this psalm is "Lord" at 12 times, and the second is "Lovingkindness" at 6. Psalm 107 starts ends and with each story in-between, the Lord's lovingkindness is present. The psalm ends with "Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things." What things? At least 4 of the lessons are, a) to be human means to have struggles, b) cry out to the Lord for help, c) through suffering we experience the Lord's lovingkindness, and d) as we see others overcome their struggles we can have hope that we can too.
