The Meaning of Psalms 107:3 Explained

Psalms 107:3

KJV: And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

YLT: And from the lands hath gathered them, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea.

Darby: And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

ASV: And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And gathered  them out of the lands,  from the east,  and from the west,  from the north,  and from the south. 

What does Psalms 107:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Psalms 107

1  The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence
4  Over travelers
10  Over captives
17  Over sick men
23  Over sailors
33  And in diverse varieties of life

What do the individual words in Psalms 107:3 mean?

and out of the lands gathered from the east and from the west from the north and from the south
וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם מִמִּזְרָ֥ח וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב מִצָּפ֥וֹן וּמִיָּֽם

וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת  and  out  of  the  lands 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם  gathered 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: קָבַץ  
Sense: to gather, assemble.
מִמִּזְרָ֥ח  from  the  east 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב  and  from  the  west 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַעֲרָב  
Sense: setting place, west, westward.
מִצָּפ֥וֹן  from  the  north 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
וּמִיָּֽם  and  from  the  south 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.