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Psalm 107:26

They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

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.
28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
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Notice

The climb to the sky and plunge to the depths make the sailors’ fear tangible: trouble reaches their souls as well as their bodies.

Questions to write on. Each one opens a new entry with this verse already attached.

What trouble, if any, would you describe with the words “Their soul melts away”?

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What do you notice about God’s command of the wind alongside the sailors’ fear?

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 119:28My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.Both passages describe distress reaching the soul; Psalm 119 adds a plea for strength according to God’s word.
Psalm 22:14I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me.Melting describes inward distress in both passages: the sailors’ souls melt, while the speaker’s heart melts like wax.
Psalm 88:3For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.Both passages name trouble that reaches the soul, with Psalm 88 adding the threat of approaching death.
Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt.Both passages use melting to portray human frailty under threat, whether in the soul or the heart.
2 Samuel 17:10Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with …Both passages describe people melting under threat, with Samuel stressing that even a lionhearted warrior can lose courage.
Nahum 2:10She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.Both passages use melting for inward collapse under threat; Nahum also describes knocking knees and pale faces.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. fear for the future.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 107:26 aloud, then name one fear to God

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Encouragement

Their fear does not put the sea beyond God’s command. The psalm names their terror in full before it tells of their cry to YHWH.

Now put it in your words.

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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).