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29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

Psalms 107:29

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

  • Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

  • But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. …

  • Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

  • And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23-32)

The psalmist here calls upon those to give glory to God who are delivered from dangers at sea. Though the Israelites dealt not much in merchandise, yet their neighbours the Tyrians and Zidonians did, and for them perhaps this part of the psalm was especially calculated. I. Much of the power of God appears at all times in the sea, Ps. 107:23 , 24 . It appears to those that go down to the sea in shi…

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