John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 "Tollimur in coelum", Virgil. Aeneid 3. prope finem. "Coelumque aequare... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 107:23-32
The psalmist here calls upon those to give glory to God who are delivered from dangers at sea. Though the Israelites dealt not much in merchandise, yet their neighbours the Tyrians and Zidonians did, and for them perhaps this part of the psalm was especially calculated. I. Much of the power of God appears at all times in the sea, Ps. 107:23, 24. It appears to those that go down to the sea in ships, as mariners, merchants, fishermen, or passengers, that do business in great waters. And surely... read more