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Psalms 107:27

Discouragement and depressionFear

25 For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

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

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

28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

29 He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

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BSB
They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
KJV
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
WEB
They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
ASV
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits` end.
DARBY
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:
BLB
They reel and stagger like the drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.
ÅB
De tumlet og vaklet som en drukken mann, og all deres visdom ble til intet.
OTB
De ravet og vaklet som en som er overveldet av drikk,
Og var ved sin vits ende.
B1930
De tumlet og vaklet som en drukken mann, og all deres visdom blev til intet.

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Cross references

  • Job 12:25

    They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.

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  • Isaiah 19:14

    The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

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  • Isaiah 29:9

    Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

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  • Isaiah 19:3

    Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

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  • Acts 27:15–20

    Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

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  • Isaiah 24:20

    The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.

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  • Job 37:20

    Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?

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