The Meaning of Psalms 107:32 Explained

Psalms 107:32

KJV: Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

YLT: And they exalt Him in the assembly of the people, And in the seat of the elders praise Him.

Darby: Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the session of the elders.

ASV: Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Let them exalt  him also in the congregation  of the people,  and praise  him in the assembly  of the elders. 

What does Psalms 107:32 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 107:17-32 - "his Wonders In The Deep"
Sickness yields the third type of suffering. Emphasis is laid on the cause of the suffering, which in the view of the writer is transgression and sin. We shall be justified, therefore, in confining our view of this section to the pain which is directly traceable to wrong-doing. Men ruin their health by evil courses, and the sinner drags down his punishment with his own hands. The portals of death had already opened to receive the sick men, but before they passed through they cried to Jehovah, and though their voice was feeble, they were heard. May we not make our own application of Psalms 107:20, by referring it to that Word of God through whom God's love and healing came to sinners in the days of his flesh?
The storm at sea is the next tableau. We have the sudden gale, the high waves, the ship now on the crest and then in the trough; the terror of the crew; the failure of the helm; the desperation of the sailors; and finally the voice of God above and through the storm. The sudden subsidence of the tempest is a grateful change to the sailors and the crew; and what gladness is theirs when they reach the harbor which they had longed for but had never thought to see again! Such is life, and such will be, by God's mercy our coming into harbor. "Safe into the haven guide"! [source]

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 107:32 mean?

also let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and in the company of the elders praise Him
וִֽ֭ירֹמְמוּהוּ בִּקְהַל־ עָ֑ם וּבְמוֹשַׁ֖ב זְקֵנִ֣ים יְהַלְלֽוּהוּ

וִֽ֭ירֹמְמוּהוּ  also  let  them  exalt  Him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine singular
Root: יָרוּם 
Sense: to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted.
בִּקְהַל־  in  the  assembly 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קָהָל  
Sense: assembly, company, congregation, convocation.
עָ֑ם  of  the  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
וּבְמוֹשַׁ֖ב  and  in  the  company 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֹושָׁב  
Sense: seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers.
זְקֵנִ֣ים  of  the  elders 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: זָקֵן  
Sense: old.
יְהַלְלֽוּהוּ  praise  Him 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.