Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 107:42

42. The righteous shall see it , and rejoice , and all iniquity shall stop her mouth .

Or rather, these things, as it is expressed in the next verse. They shall diligently observe these wonderful works of Gods mercy and justice.

Not only in the mercies of God vouchsafed to them and to other persons in want and misery, but also in Gods judgments upon his implacable enemies, which afford matter of rejoicing to good men, as hath been once and again declared in this book, both for the honour which God hath by them, and for the sins and calamities of others, which by this means are prevented.

i. e. Unrighteous or ungodly men, the abstract being put for the concrete, as faithfulnesses for the faithful, Psal. 12. 2. and pride for the proud, Psal. 36. 12.

Shall be put to silence. So this or the like phrase is used Iudg. 18. 19. Iob 5. 16. & 21. 5. & 29. 9. They who used to speak loftily and wickedly, and to sit their mouth against the heavens, as they did Psal. 73. 8, 9 to reproach God and his providence as either negligent or unrighteous in the management of the world, shall now be forced to acknowledge his power and justice in those judgments which he hath brought upon them.

Marginal references: Job 22. 19.; Job 5. 16.