“Up and Down”
“Up and Down”
Blessings folk!
We continue in Psalm 107.
Note the next group that “cried out to the Lord.”
Note why they did so.
Psa 107:23-28
Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters;
They have seen the works of the LORD,
And His wonders in the deep.
For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind,
Which lifted up the waves of the sea.
They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul melted away in their misery.
They reeled and staggered like a drunken man,
And were at their wits’ end.
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
Sailors!
Seamen!
They have seen the great waters.
They have seen the works of the Lord.
They have seen the wonders in the deep!
They have experienced the stormy wind.
They have experienced the lifted up waves.
The detail description of this poetic Psalm brings queasiness!
Up to the heavens.
Down to the depths.
Soul melting away.
Misery.
Reeling.
Staggering.
At their wits’ end.
Then they did what?
Cried to the Lord in their trouble.
What did the Lord do?
Brought them out of their distresses.
He will do so today!