Psalms 107:27
They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.
Young's Literal Translation
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 go up [to] the heavens, they go down [to] the depths, Their soul in evil is melted.
28And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out.
Cross References
Job 12:25They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.
Isaiah 19:3And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.
Isaiah 24:20Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.
Acts 27:15and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we were borne on,
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 →