John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 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. 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... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 כל חכמ־תאם תתבלע "omnis sapientia eorum absorpta est", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; their wisdom in naval affairs, their art of navigation, their skill in managing ships, all nonplussed and baffled; they know not... read more