Psalms 107:27 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 107:27

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

KJV

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ASV

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.

WEB

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

YLT

They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

DBT

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:

About this book

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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.

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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Cross-references

10 verses on the floor

Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Matthew 14:30
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Isaiah 19:14
The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Isaiah 29:9
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices2

On this verse

Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

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

How seasonable it is at such a time to pray. Those that go to sea must expect such perils as are here described, and the best preparation they can make for them is to make sure a liberty of access to God by prayer, for then they will cry unto the Lord,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 107:27ISA 24:20 ISA 19:14
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
PSA 107:27ISA 19:3 ISA 8:19
PSA 107:27JOB 12:25 JOB 5:14
PSA 107:27ISA 29:9 ISA 51:21-22
PSA 107:27ISA 24:20 ISA 29:9
PSA 107:27ISA 29:9 ISA 33:13-14
PSA 107:27ISA 19:3 DAN 2:2
PSA 107:27ISA 29:9 ISA 49:26

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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