Psalms 107:27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
In Context
28Then they cry to LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.
Cross References
Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroy the counsel of it. And they shall seek for the idols, and for the charmers, and for those who have familiar spirits, and for the wizards.
Isaiah 24:20The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock. And the transgression of it shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Acts 27:15And the ship having been caught, and not being able to face the wind, having given up, we were driven.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:24-33
The Divine Goodness to Mariners. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24 These see the works of the Lord , and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. 28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth… Read the whole commentary →