Prinsloo, Gert Thomas Marthinus2022-06-102022-06-102021-12-10Prinsloo, G.T.M. 2021, 'From desperation to adoration: Reading Psalm 107 as a transforming spatial journey', Acta Theologica, vol. 41, pp. 392-425.1015-8758 (print)2309-9089 (online)10.18820/23099089/actat.Sup32.22https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85791Critical spatiality opens avenues to investigate the transforming power of the authors/redactors of the Hebrew Bible’s spatial imagination. I read Psalm 107 as a spatial journey bridging the divide between the desperation of the exile and the longing of the Psalter’s post-exilic authors/ redactors for Israel’s complete restoration and the universal adoration of Yhwh. Psalm 107 plays a crucial role in the transition between Books IV (Pss. 90-106) and V (Pss. 107-145) and acts as a “bridge” between the desperation of the exile and the call to the universal adoration of Yhwh in the post-exilic period. Psalm 107 hints at a continuous transforming spatial journey between present realities and the longed-for eschatological establishment of a universal, divine kingdom.en© Creative Commons With Attribution (CC-BY).PsalmTransformationSpatial journeyRuimtelike reisTransformasieArticle