Let Everybody Praise the Lord: Psalm 107

Sermons on the Psalms

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Daniel Montgomery (Introduction)

Introduced by Daniel Montgomery. As Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones expounds this wonderful psalm he sees a great choir, drawn from the four corners of the earth, united in praising God. Using the Psalmist's vivid word-pictures he underlines the sheer grace of God who rescues sinners from the wilderness, frees them from prison, heals them from dreadful disease and saves them from a terrible storm. Throughout this superb exposition(co-published with Bryntirion Press) Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones show the profound difference between false and true religion. True Christianity always, and inevitably, leads to grateful and heart-felt praising of God 'for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men.'

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 1999

About the author

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a Welsh Protestant minister, preacher and medical doctor who was influential in the Reformed wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century. For almost 30 years, he was the minister of Westminster Chapel in London. Lloyd-Jones was strongly opposed to Liberal Christianity, which had become a part of many Christian denominations; he regarded it as aberrant. He disagreed with the broad church approach and encouraged evangelical Christians (particularly Anglicans) to leave their existing denominations. He believed that true Christian fellowship was possible only amongst those who shared common convictions regarding the nature of the faith.

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones was married to Bethan Lloyd-Jones

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Reviews

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful sermons that remind us that Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a powerful gospel preacher, not just Bible teacher. These are also model sermons for preachers on how to preach the gospel from the Old Testament, in this case, from Psalm 107.
He uses the four pictures portrayed in Psalm 107 to explain sin in its awful depth. But he also shows us the heights of God's love and grace in salvation, and the miraculous nature of Christian conversion.
It is refreshing to be reminded of the power of true, unashamed gospel preaching, in days when all the pressure would be on us to dumb-down the preaching, and present more "refined" "Bible Talks". But our souls crave preaching: preaching that disturbs my conscience ; preaching that convicts and troubles me ; preaching that shakes me out of my complacency ; in short, preaching that saves and preaching that then sanctifies.
Dr. Lloyd-Jones was personally very kind to my family, two of my aunts sitting under his ministry through his later decades in Westminster Chapel. He helped one of my aunts to adopt a baby boy who is now my cousin. My aunt and uncle named him.... Martyn. Whoever says that Dr. Lloyd-Jones was not a pastor, only a preacher, really has no idea. Anyway, these are helpful expositions of Psalm 107.

[antony · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book that will stand up to multiple reads

I don’t think I have ever before seen a psalm be unpacked and laid out so efficiently and effectively.

It is as if the author finds the entire gospel, and more, within the container of Psalm 107, neatly and carefully extracts it, and lays it out for all to see. You will find yourself praising the Lord and rejoicing in the free gift you have been given. (The book’s not free though you have to pay for that.)

The text of this book is taken from a sermon given by the author who is a more than famous preacher from back in the day who’s books have sold in the millions for many years. He is not one of the new fast talking, crowd pleasing types, he is a calm and careful methodical type who lays out the facts and shows you how they are related and how they fit together to create a bigger picture that forms before your eyes as he speaks.

He brings the psalm alive and it takes on much greater dimension in his unpacking and telling of it. You realise that psalmist is a literary genius and god inspired artist. You are shocked that the author can mine so much gold from an unassuming psalm.

This is a book that will stand up to multiple reads as it transforms the way you see the psalms and the path of salvation weaved through and amongst them.

[Calum Mackenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a labour of love. It’s quite dry and the basic structure is the 8 chapters are 8 sermons on psalm 107.

It’s a well explained, deep dive but it’s not ‘modern’. References are definitely older due to its time. Again, a real pet peeve of mine is that there’s no conclusion chapter.

As a resource and deep dive it is interesting though. I’d imagine it could be a great resource for preachers or Bible studies as part of wider reading.

[Brian Algie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lloyd Jones’ sermons in the Psalms are very pastoral and at the same time theologically rich. Excited to read “True Happiness: Psalm 1” next.