Yea, thou shall be as he that lieth down in the midst of
the
sea
Not in the open sea, and the waves of it, there fluctuating and
tossed about; nor in an island encompassed by sea; but in a ship
at sea, a drunken man reels and tumbles about, just as a ship
does at sea; hence the motions and agitations of it, and of the
men in it, are compared to the reeling and staggering of a
drunken man, ( Psalms
107:26 Psalms
107:27 ) ; or as he that lieth upon the top of a
mast:
where the motion is the greatest. Or all this may be expressive
of the dangers which a drunkard is exposed unto, and of his
stupidity and insensibility; for though he is in as great danger
as one in the circumstances described, in a storm at sea, yet is
not sensible of it; which agrees with what follows.