Cytowanie Komentarza do Psalmów 107:1

Why are these four singled out as the ones who give thanks; aren’t there acts of divine mercy besides these? Also, the chapter in Psalm begins: “Praise the Lord for He is good; His steadfast love is eternal. Thus let the redeemed of the Lord say, those that are redeemed from adversity.” (Ps. 107:1-2) Yet aren’t there some, such as the imprisoned, who weren’t really subject to suffering from God? Some of these people might say, “What is the point of giving thanks to God for having redeemed me from suffering; wouldn't it have been better if God hadn’t put me through this ordeal at all?”

one generation shall praise your works to another -- from this verse alone, we can only deduce that the wise must make known to the ignorant. But how do we know that even if all of us were wise men, we must still thank G-d? For this he brought the second verse, "all Your works shall give thanks to You (yoducha)". The word "yoducha" (give thanks to You) is a combination of two words, "yodu" and "lecha". For the matter of thanks, is for the beneficiary to tell his benefactor that he recognizes his good, as written "give thanks to the L-ord for He is good" (Ps.107:1). Afterwards, he explained the matter of thanks, in saying "they shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom", namely that the honor of Your sovereignty is different from that of flesh and blood, because a flesh and blood king has pleasure and benefit from his people, unlike G-d who needs nothing as mentioned earlier. Hence, we do not yet know if He wants that we examine His beneficence and thank Him for them. Therefore, he brought this verse "to make known to the sons of man", i.e. G-d's intent in creation was to make known to the sons of man, etc. And like the verse (Prov. 16:4) "the L-ord made everything for His praise" .