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Psalms 107:26

107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. raiseth: Heb. maketh to stand
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

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

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. are: Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up

What does Psalms 107:26 mean?

Psalms 107:26 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָלָה (ʻâlâh), שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim), יָרַד (yârad).

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They
mount
upעָלָהʻâlâh/aw-law'/H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
to
the
heaven,שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
they
go
downיָרַדyârad/yaw-rad'/H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
again
to
the
depths:תְּהוֹםtᵉhôwm/teh-home'/H8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
their
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
is
meltedמוּגmûwg/moog/H4127to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
because
of
trouble.רַעraʻ/rah/H7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:26.

Genesis 28:12

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Exodus 15:5

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 19:19

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 24:16

And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. very: Heb. good of countenance

Genesis 41:19

And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

Genesis 41:27

And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

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What does Psalms 107:26 say?

Psalms 107:26 (King James Version) reads: "They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble."

Is Psalms 107:26 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:26 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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