Psalms 107:27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 107 connects to 8 cross-references. A communal thanksgiving psalm cataloguing four types of people redeemed by God: wanderers in the desert, prisoners in darkness, the sick near death, and storm-tossed sailors. Each story follows the pattern of trouble, crying out, divine rescue, and commanded thanksgiving. …
Other Translations
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.
They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.
They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.
Cross References
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not …
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression …
The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every …
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they …
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that …
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.