Salmos 107:26

26 suben a los cielos, descienden a los abismos; sus almas se derriten con el mal

Salmos 107:26 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 107:26

They mount up to the heaven
The waves which are lifted up by the stormy wind, and the ships which are upon them, and the men in them.

They go down again to the depths:
one while they seem to reach the skies, and presently they are down, as it were, in the bottom of the sea, and are threatened to be buried in the midst of it; distress at sea is described in much the same language by Virgil and Ovid ^F13.

Their soul is melted because of trouble;
because of the danger of being cast away; so it was with Jonah's mariner's, and with the disciples in the storm; sea roaring, and men's hearts failing for fear, are joined together in ( Luke 21:25 Luke 21:26 )

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 "Tollimur in coelum", Virgil. Aeneid 3. prope finem. "Coelumque aequare videtur pontus". Ovid. Metamorph. l. 12. Fab. 10.

Salmos 107:26 In-Context

24 ellos han visto las obras del SEÑOR, y sus maravillas en el mar profundo

25 El dijo, e hizo saltar el viento de la tempestad, que levanta sus ondas

26 suben a los cielos, descienden a los abismos; sus almas se derriten con el mal

27 Tiemblan, y titubean como borrachos, y toda su ciencia es perdida

28 claman al SEÑOR en su angustia, y los libra de sus aflicciones