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Psalm 107:23

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,

21Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.
23Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
24these see the LORD’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
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Business on “great waters” puts familiar concerns about earning a living against the vast scale of the sea and the limits of human control.

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7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 104:26There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.Both passages picture ships crossing the sea; Psalm 104 also names leviathan as a creature God formed to play there.
Revelation 18:17For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, …Both passages name people who earn their living at sea, with Revelation showing them standing far away as riches become desolate.
Psalm 48:7With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.Ships appear in both passages; Psalm 107 names their business, while Psalm 48 describes God breaking the ships of Tarshish.
Psalm 65:5By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea.Both passages include people out at sea; Psalm 65 names God as the hope of those far away on it.
Ezekiel 27:26Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.Both passages use “great waters” as a setting for seafaring, while Ezekiel describes destruction by the east wind.
Acts 27:9–28When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished themBoth passages concern sea travel; the supplied Acts verse describes a voyage that has become dangerous and Paul's warning.
Isaiah 42:10Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.Both passages name people who “go down to the sea,” and Isaiah includes them among those commanded to praise the LORD.
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The people in these ships are doing their work. The next lines name YHWH as the one whose deeds they see and whose command raises the storm.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).