Psalms 107:27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
Revised Version 1895
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 unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
Cross References
Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall be made void in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Isaiah 24:20The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall be moved to and fro like a hut; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Acts 27:15and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and 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 →