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Psalm 107:25
For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
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.
26They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
27They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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The stormy wind rises at God's command, a hard detail to reckon with when the sailors beneath those waves are terrified.
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Jonah 1:4But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.Both passages name the LORD as the one who sends the wind that makes the sea dangerous.
Matthew 8:24Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.Both describe storm-driven waves at sea; Matthew adds the striking detail that Jesus is asleep in the boat.
Psalm 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,The stormy wind acts under God's word in both passages, rising at his command and fulfilling what he says.
Psalm 147:15He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.Both passages describe God's command reaching the created world; Psalm 107 names the stormy wind as its effect.
John 6:18The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.Both describe a great wind disturbing the sea, though John does not name who sends it.
Psalm 93:3The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.Both describe waters lifting their waves, with Psalm 107 naming God's command as the source of the wind.
Psalm 105:34He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.God speaks and creatures or forces respond: locusts come in Psalm 105, and stormy wind rises in Psalm 107.
Jeremiah 51:15“He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom. By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.Both speak of God's power over the natural world: Jeremiah describes its making, while the psalm describes a storm.
John 3:8The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”Wind is the shared detail; the psalm names God's command, while John uses its mysterious movement to speak about the Spirit.
Ezekiel 13:13“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath. There will be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in …Both name God as the sender of stormy wind; Ezekiel names wrath, while Psalm 107:25 gives no reason for the storm.
Ezekiel 26:3therefore the Lord GOD says, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.Rising sea waves appear in both passages, as an actual storm in the psalm and a comparison for attacking nations in Ezekiel.
Ecclesiastes 1:6The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.Both describe wind in motion; Ecclesiastes traces its recurring courses, while the psalm follows its effect on the sea.
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These lines leave the sailors in real danger, with no explanation for their ordeal. Their fear is real, and the wind remains under God's command.
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