Psalms 107:26

Psalms 107:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
• New International Version (NIV)They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;
• New King James Version (NKJV)They mount up to the heavens, They go down again to the depths; Their soul melts because of trouble.

Context of Psalms 107:26

24They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water. 25He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great. 27They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. 28They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

Psalms 107:26 word by word

יַעֲל֣וּ שָׁ֭מַיִם יֵרְד֣וּ תְהוֹמ֑וֹת נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בְּרָעָ֥ה תִתְמוֹגָֽג׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They mount upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: copulateH5927
• to the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• they go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• again to the depthsתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• their soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• is meltedמוּגmûg · to meltH4127
• because of troubleרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451

Cross-references for Psalms 107:26

• Psalms 22:14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
• Psalms 119:28I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word!
• 2 Samuel 17:10If that happens even the bravest soldier – one who is lion-hearted – will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave.
• Isaiah 13:7For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.
• Nahum 2:10Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Their hearts faint, their knees tremble, each stomach churns, each face turns pale!

Commentaries on Psalms 107:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26They mount up to the heaven - This is a most natural and striking description of the state of a ship at sea in a storm: when the sea appears to run mountains high, and the vessel seems for a moment to stand on the sharp ridge of one most stupendous, with a valley of a frightful depth between it and a similar mountain, which appears to be flying in the midst of heaven, that it may submerge the hapless bark, when she descends into the valley of death below…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26They mount up to the heaven - The mariners. That it refers to the seamen, and not to the waves, is apparent from the close of the verse: “their soul is melted.” They go down again to the depths - The word here is different from that used in Psalm 107:24, and rendered “deep,” but the idea is essentially the same. It is the sea or ocean considered as “deep;” as bottomless. The idea here is, that they seem to descend into the very depths of the ocean. Their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-32Verses 23-32 Let those who go to sea, consider and adore the Lord. Mariners have their business upon the tempestuous ocean, and there witness deliverances of which others cannot form an idea. How seasonable it is at such a time to pray! This may remind us of the terrors and distress of conscience many experience, and of those deep scenes of trouble which many pass through, in their Christian course. Yet, in answer to their cries, the Lord turns their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-29The 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-3223-32. Here are set forth the perils of seafaring, futility of man's, and efficiency of God's, help. go ... sea--alluding to the elevation of the land at the coast.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 107:26

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Chastisement
• Commerce
• God
• Mariners (Sailors)

In the dictionaries

• Contemn
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• Raise
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• Psalms, Book of
• Ships and Boats
• Text of the Old Testament
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Commentaries on Psalms 107

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings