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They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
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The Terror of the Storm
Commentators explain that this verse vividly portrays the physical and psychological experience of sailors in a life-threatening storm. The feeling of being violently tossed between the sky and the sea's depths is so overwhelming that their courage dissolves ('their soul is melted'). It's a powerful image of human helplessness in the face of overwhelming trouble and fear.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They mount up to the heaven - The mariners. That it refers to the seamen, and not to the waves, is apparent from the close of the v…
19th Century
Anglican
They mount up. —
“Tollimur in cœlum curvato gurgite, et idem Subducta ad Manes imos desedimus unda.” Virgil, Aeneid
Baptist
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. For he c…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They mount up to the heaven The waves which are lifted up by the stormy wind, and the ships which are upon them, and…
Let those who go to sea consider and adore the Lord. Mariners have their business on the tempestuous ocean, and there they witness deliverances tha…
