Psalms 107:28

“Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, etc.] As in a storm seafaring persons are used to do; so did Jonah’s mariners, though Heathens, everyone cried to his god. With the Romans f1545 tempests were reckoned deities, and had temples erected, and sacrifices offered to them; but these persons were such as knew and owned the true Jehovah, and called upon him in their distress: so did the apostles of Christ. And he bringeth them out of their distresses; by stilling the winds and the waves, causing them to proceed on their voyage with pleasure, and landing them safe on shore, as follows.”

“Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble ... - See Psalms 107:6, Psalms 107:13, Psalms 107:19. Sailors pray. If they do not pray elsewhere, they often do in a storm, when in danger of being wrecked and lost. A storm at sea brings hundreds on their knees who never prayed before - for they feel that their only help is in God, and that it is a fearful thing to die. Then they do “right.” They do what “ought” to be done. But they do then only what people ought always to do, for it is as plain a duty to pray when we are in safety as when we are in danger; when sailing on a smooth sea as in a storm; when on the land as on the ocean. People anywhere, and at any time may die; and people…”

“Psa 107:6, Psa 107:13, Psa 107:19; Jon 1:5, Jon 1:6, Jon 1:14; Mat 8:25; Act 27:23-25 Psalms 107:29”