Psa 107:23-27, Isa 54:11, Jon 1:4-5, Mar 4:37-38, Act 27:14-38 | ESV | STEP | Some went down to the sea in ships , doing business on the great waters ;

Psalms 107:23-27

23 Some ^awent down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
24 they saw the deeds of the Lord,
his wondrous works in the deep.
25 For he ^bcommanded and ^craised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.
26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage ^dmelted away in their evil plight;
27 they reeled and ^estaggered like drunken men
and ^fwere at their wits’ end. ^{▼▼Hebrew and all their wisdom was swallowed up}

Isaiah 54:11

11 ^h“O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
behold, ⁱI will set your stones in antimony,
^jand lay your foundations with sapphires. ^{▼▼Or lapis lazuli}

Jonah 1:4-5

4 But ^lthe Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened ^mto break up. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and ⁿeach cried out to his god. And ^othey hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

Mark 4:37-38

37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves ^pwere breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”

Acts 27:14-38

14 But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, ^qstruck down from the land. 15 And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. 16 Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Clauda} we managed with difficulty to secure the ship’s boat. 17 After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would ^srun aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, ^{▼▼That is, the sea-anchor (or possibly the mainsail)} and thus they were driven along. 18 Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day ^uto jettison the cargo. 19 And on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

21 Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, ^vyou should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this ^winjury and loss. 22 Yet now I urge you to ^xtake heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23 For this very night ^ythere ^zstood before me ^aaan angel of the God ^abto whom I belong and ^acwhom I worship, 24 and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; ^adyou must stand before Caesar. And behold, ^aeGod has granted you all those who sail with you.’ 25 So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. 26 But ^afwe must ^agrun aground on some island.”

27 When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. 28 So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. ^{▼▼About 120 feet; a fathom (Greek orguia) was about 6 feet or 2 meters} A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms. ^{▼▼About 90 feet (see previous note)} 29 And fearing that we might ^ajrun on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. 30 And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered ^akthe ship’s boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it go.

33 As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing. 34 Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, ^{▼▼Or For it is for your deliverance} for ^amnot a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.” 35 And when he had said these things, he took bread, and ^angiving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. 36 Then they all ^aowere encouraged and ate some food themselves. 37 (We were in all 276 ^{▼▼Some manuscripts seventy-six, or about seventy-six} ^aqpersons in the ship.) 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, ^arthrowing out the wheat into the sea.