Psalms 107:27
They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
Berean Standard Bible
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
26They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
Cross References
Job 12:25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Isaiah 19:3Then 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.
Isaiah 24:20The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
Acts 27:15Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
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 →