Psalms 107:23
Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
BSB
ASV
They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;
KJV
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
In relation to the most profound depth of spiritual meanings, the Psalm reads: "They who sailed the sea in ships, trading on the deep waters." The man goes down to the sea in ships who approaches the Scriptures in a spirit of extreme reverence in …
They that go down to the sea in ships,.... This is the fourth instance of persons in distress crying to the Lord for help, and, having it, are laid under obligation to praise him; the case of seafaring men: so the Targum introduces it, "mariners that go down to the sea in ships;'' the same form of expression as here is used in Isa 42:
They that go down to the sea in ships. Navigation was so little practised among the Israelites that mariners were invested with a high mystery, and their craft was looked upon as one of singular daring degree of and peril. Tales of the sea thrilled all hearts with awe, and he who had been to Ophir or to Tarshish and had returned alive was looked upon as a man of renown, an ancient mariner to be listened to with reverent attention.
The walk8
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.
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Psalms 48:7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
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I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
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Isaiah 42:10Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
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Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
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Ezekiel 27:26Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
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With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
