Salmos 107:27

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

Salmos 107:27 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 107:27

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man
Through the agitation of the water, and motion of the ship, not being able to stand upon deck.

And are at their wit's end;
or, "all their wisdom is swallowed up" ^F14; their wisdom in naval affairs, their art of navigation, their skill in managing ships, all nonplussed and baffled; they know not what method to take to save the vessel and themselves; their knowledge fails them, they are quite confounded and almost distracted. So Apollinarius paraphrases it,

``they forget navigation, and their wise art does not appear;''

so Ovid, describing a storm, uses the same phrase, "deficit ars",

``art fails.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (elbtt Mtmkx lk) "omnis sapientia eorum absorpta est", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Salmos 107:27 In-Context

25 El dijo, é hizo saltar el viento de la tempestad, Que levanta sus ondas.

26 Suben á los cielos, descienden á los abismos: Sus almas se derriten con el mal.

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

28 Claman empero á Jehová en su angustia, Y líbralos de sus aflicciones.

29 Hace parar la tempestad en sosiego, Y se apaciguan sus ondas.