The Psalmist in these verses takes up another representation, by way of setting forth man's wants, and God's gracious provision for him; and this subject he draws from the events which occur upon the mighty waters. He draws out, in a most finished portrait, the terrors of a storm; describes the fears and horrors of the sailor whilst subjected to its power; and having carried the picture to the extreme point of coloring, sets forth the Lord as interposing and sending deliverance. And then again, he beautifully shows the vast claim there must be upon all such to bear in everlasting remembrance the loving-kindness of the Lord. Reader! whether or not you have ever seen the wonders of the deep, the spiritual sense of the passage is the same. Life is in jeopardy every hour. By reason of sin, and the storms and tempests of our unruly passions, the malice of the world, and the fury of the enemy, what shipwreck do not the people of God continually fear, that they shall make of faith? If in such seasons Jesus commands the waves and sea to be still, and at length, by his grace, and the leadings of his Holy Spirit, like the mariner's compass, he brings them to himself, as to the haven where they would be; ought not the hymn again to break forth from every heart so delivered, and the language to everyone they meet be, Come and hear, all ye that fear God; and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. Psalms 66:16.
Psalms 107:23-32
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and raisethc the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.