The author of Psalm 107, sings about the mighty deeds of ...

They are close to death. They are deadly ill in their afflictions. Now what is the cause of their sickness? What is the reason that they are before the gates of death? The explanation is in the first word of verse 17: fools. They are sick because they are fools, and because of their foolish behaviour and their foolish way of living. ................
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