Psalms 107:26

What does Psalms 107:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 107:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.

v.26This passage

v.27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Nahum 2:10

    She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

  • Psalms 22:14

    I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

  • Psalms 119:28

    My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

  • Isaiah 13:7

    Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

  • 2 Samuel 17:10

    And even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

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