Psalm 107:27

Translations

Modern

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

Traditional

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

Literal

They reel and stagger like the drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

Latin

Turbati sunt, et moti sunt sicut ebrius, et omnis sapientia eorum devorata est.

Original

Hebrew

English

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

Notes

Psalms 107:25–29

The same God who speaks and brings about the sailors’ distress can also calm the storm with just a word (compare Jonah 1:4; Matthew 8:26).

Psalms 107:23–32

Sailors give thanks to the Lord when he saves them from the chaos and peril of the sea.

Psalms 107:1–43

This psalm is a hymn of praise to God the Redeemer. The psalmist begins by urging the redeemed to praise God for his goodness (Psalm 107:1–3). The psalmist then presents four examples of people whom the Lord saved from trouble (Psalm 107:4–32). He summarizes the Lord’s control over everything (Psalm 107:33–42) and ends with an invitation to recognize God’s loving devotion in all parts of life (107:43).

Theme notes and profiles

David Making Sense of the Exile Salvation in the Psalms Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Job 12:25
They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Isaiah 19:14
The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.
Isaiah 29:9
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
Isaiah 19:3
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
Acts 27:15–20
Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
Job 37:20
Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
Isaiah 24:20
The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.

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