Psalm 107:23-29

New International Reader's Version

²³ Some people sailed out on the ocean in ships.
    They traded goods on the mighty waters.
²⁴ They saw the works of the Lord.
    They saw the wonderful deeds he did on the ocean.
²⁵ He spoke and stirred up a storm.
    It lifted the waves high.
²⁶ They rose up to the heavens. Then they went down deep into the ocean.
    In that kind of danger the people’s boldness melted away.
²⁷ They were unsteady like people who have become drunk.
    They didn’t know what to do.
²⁸ Then they cried out to the Lord because of their problems.
    And he brought them out of their troubles.
²⁹ He made the storm as quiet as a whisper.
    The waves of the ocean calmed down.