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
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they …
The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every …
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression …
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not …
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that …