Psalms 107:28

28 Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he brought them out of 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 They rose up to the heavens. Then they went down deep into the ocean. In that kind of danger the people's boldness melted away.

27 They were unsteady like those who get drunk. They didn't know what to do.

28 Then they cried out to the LORD because of their problems. And he brought them out of their troubles.

29 He made the storm as quiet as a whisper. The waves of the ocean calmed down.

30 The people were glad when the ocean became calm. Then he guided them to the harbor they were looking for.