Psalms 107:28

28 In their misery they cried out to the Lord, and he saved them from their troubles.

Psalms 107:28 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 107:28

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble
As in a storm seafaring persons are used to do; so did Jonah's mariners, though Heathens, everyone cried to his god. With the Romans ^F15 tempests were reckoned deities, and had temples erected, and sacrifices offered to them; but these persons were such as knew and owned the true Jehovah, and called upon him in their distress: so did the apostles of Christ.

And he bringeth them out of their distresses;
by stilling the winds and the waves, causing them to proceed on their voyage with pleasure, and landing them safe on shore, as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Cicero, de Nat. Deor. l. 3. c. 20. Virgil. Aeneid. l. 5. v. 772. Horat. Epod. Ode 10. v. 23, 24. Ovid. Fast. 6. v. 193.

Psalms 107:28 In-Context

26 The ships were tossed as high as the sky and fell low to the depths. The storm was so bad that they lost their courage.

27 They stumbled and fell like people who were drunk. They did not know what to do.

28 In their misery they cried out to the Lord, and he saved them from their troubles.

29 He stilled the storm and calmed the waves.

30 They were happy that it was quiet, and God guided them to the port they wanted.