These see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
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These see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
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These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
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These saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep;
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Passages linked to Psalms 107:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 38:8-11 “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb, when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness, marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors, and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here?’
- Psalms 95:5 The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
- Psalms 104:24-27 Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches. There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 107:24 These see the works of the LORD,…
Psa 107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Ver. 24. These see the works of the Lord, &c.] In sea monsters, as whales and whirlpools, and sudden change of weather, and the like, not a few; ebbs and flows, pearls, islands, &c. These are just wonders, and may fully convince the most stubborn atheist that is.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain His wonderful works, either,
His wonderful works, either,
1. Of creation, fishes of various kinds and shapes, and some of prodigious greatness, which are unknown to other men. Or,
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2. Of providence, in raising and laying storms, of which he speaks in the following verses
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain They reel to and fro, and stagger like a…
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" (n); 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,
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"they forget navigation, and their wise art does not appear;''
so Ovid, describing a storm, uses the same phrase, "deficit ars",
"art fails.''
(n) "omnis sapientia eorum absorpta est", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. These see the works of the Lord]…
Verse 24. These see the works of the Lord] Splendid, Divinely impressive, and glorious in fine weather.
His wonders in the deep.] Awfully terrible in a tempest.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain These see the works of the Lord - They…
These see the works of the Lord - They - sailors - have a special opportunity to see the works of God. They see manifestations of his power which are not seen on the land. They see things which seem to come “directly” from God; which are “immediately” produced by him - not as the things which occur on the land, which are the result of “growth,” and which are slowly developed. They seem in the solitariness and grandeur of the ocean to stand more directly in the presence of the great God.
And his wonders in the deep - In the abyss; in that which is distinguished for its “depth,” as the mountains are for their height. Compare Psa 148:7.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. These see &c.] These men have seen. Jehovah’s…
24. These see &c.] These men have seen. Jehovah’s works are the storm, viewed as an evidence of His sovereignty over the elements: His wonders (or wonderful works, as in Psa_107:8 &c.) are His miraculous interposition to still the storm and rescue the sailors.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain These see the works of the Lord, and his…
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. Storms, tempests, and sudden deliverances are the "wonders" especially meant. (comp. Act_27:14-44 2Co_11:25)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 24. These see the works of the LORD.…
Ver. 24. These see the works of the LORD. Beyond the dwellers on the land they see the Lord's greatest works, or at least such as stayers at home judge to be so when they hear the report thereof. Instead of the ocean proving to be a watery wilderness, it is full of God's creatures, and if we were to attempt to escape from his presence by flying to the uttermost parts of it, we should only rush into Jehovah's arms, and find ourselves in the very centre of his workshop.
And his wonders in the deep. They see wonders in it and on it. It is in itself a wonder and it swarms with wonders. Seamen, because they have fewer objects around them, are more observant of those they have than landsmen are, and hence they are said to see the wonders in the deep. At the same time, the ocean really does contain many of the more striking of God's creatures, and it is the scene of many of the more tremendous of the physical phenomena by which the power and more majesty of the Lord are revealed among men. The chief wonders alluded to by the Psalmist are a sudden storm and the calm which follows it.
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All believers have not the same deep experience; but for wise ends, that they may do business for him, the Lord sends some of his saints to the sea of soul trouble, and there they see, as others do not, the wonders of divine grace. Sailing over the deeps of inward depravity, the waste waters of poverty, the billows of persecution, and the rough waves of temptation, they need God above all others, and they find him.
Ver. 24. These see the works of the LORD. There are sinners who, like Jonah, fleeing from the face of God, go down to the sea, to the cares and pleasures of the world, away from the solid land of humility, quiet, and grace. They occupy themselves in many waters, in needless toils and excessive pleasures, and yet even there God does not leave them, but causes them to see his works and wonders even in the deep of their sins, by giving them timely and sufficient warnings, and alarming them with fear of the abyss. Le Blanc, in Neale and Littledale.
Psalms 107:25*
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