Psalms 107:26

They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

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KJV

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

ASV

They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.

YLT

They go up to the heavens, they go down to the depths, Their soul in evil is melted.

DBT

They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;

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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 (m).

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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. Ver. 26. They mount up to the heaven. Borne aloft on the crest of the wave, the sailors and their vessels appear to climb the skies, but it is only for a moment, for very soon in the trough of the sea they go down again to the depths. As if their vessel were but a sea bird, the mariners are tossed "up and down, up and down, from the base of the wave to the billow's crown." Their soul is melted because of trouble.

Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David (1869-1885)reformed

Here are set forth the perils of seafaring, futility of man's, and efficiency of God's, help. go . . . sea--alluding to the elevation of the land at the coast.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

These are put for all similar perils, in which those that cry unto God have ever found him a very present help. He specifies the varieties and vicissitudes of events concerning nations and families, in all which God's hand is to be eyed by his own people, with joyful acknowledgments of his goodness,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Psalms 119:28
My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Nahum 2:10
She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
2 Samuel 17:10
Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
Isaiah 13:7
Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
Jeremiah 49:23
Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

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About this book

Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 119:28
My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
leads to
- Psalms 22:14
  I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Psalms 27:14
  Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
- 1 Peter 5:10
  And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…
- Zechariah 10:12
  I will strengthen them in the LORD,and in His name they will walk,”declares the LORD.
Through
Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
leads to
- Daniel 5:6
  his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 22:17
  I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
- Psalms 31:10
  For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

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