Jesus Asleep in the Boat as the Storm Ragesby CBPepper
107:28Psalms 107:28
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
The psalm belongs to the history of the Israelites and is to be studied together with Psalms 105 and 106. Taken in that setting, it means that people in trouble and distress cry to the Lord and He brings them out of their distresses. Even when the danger is mortal, that cry is answered with deliverance. Such rescue reveals God's goodness, mercy, and love and gives reason to appreciate them.
In the setting of Psalm 107:23-30 this describes people in peril at sea who cry to the Lord and are brought safely through into calm. This is possible because God has power over the storm, with winds and waves under His rule. His angels may restrain them, and He holds back the waves that threaten to engulf those in danger. Praying people with faith in His keeping power may thus be protected.
Being brought from trouble at sea into calm calls for grateful worship, obedience, and thanksgiving from those mercifully spared from tempest and shipwreck. The verse applies to trusting God in danger, for Jesus is with His people when the storm comes. He can speak calm and steadiness to the heart in the storm, in the waves, and in the calm that follows, so that those who trust Him are brought safely through. That deliverance teaches the lasting lesson not to set the human will against God's will, not to disobey the commands of so mighty a Ruler, and not to contend with the Most High, who is the source of all power and from whose heart flows infinite love and blessing to the creatures of His care.
The psalm belongs to the history of the Israelites and is to be studied together with Psalms 105 and 106. Taken in that setting, it means that people in trouble and distress cry to the Lord and He brings them out of their distresses. Even when the danger is mortal, that cry is answered with deliverance. Such rescue reveals God's goodness, mercy, and love and gives reason to appreciate them.
In the setting of Psalm 107:23-30 this describes people in peril at sea who cry to the Lord and are brought safely through into calm. This is possible because God has power over the storm, with winds and waves under His rule. His angels may restrain them, and He holds back the waves that threaten to engulf those in danger. Praying people with faith in His keeping power may thus be protected.
Being brought from trouble at sea into calm calls for grateful worship, obedience, and thanksgiving from those mercifully spared from tempest and shipwreck. The verse applies to trusting God in danger, for Jesus is with His people when the storm comes. He can speak calm and steadiness to the heart in the storm, in the waves, and in the calm that follows, so that those who trust Him are brought safely through. That deliverance teaches the lasting lesson not to set the human will against God's will, not to disobey the commands of so mighty a Ruler, and not to contend with the Most High, who is the source of all power and from whose heart flows infinite love and blessing to the creatures of His care.