25. For He spoke and raised a stormy wind, lifting up towering waves.
26. They mounted up to the sky and plunged down to the depths. In their peril their souls melted away.
27. They reeled and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill was bewildered.
28. So they cried out to Adonai in their distress, and He brought them out of their troubles.
29. He stilled the storm to a whisper— the waves were hushed.
30. They were glad when it became calm, and He led them to their desired haven.
31. Let them praise Adonai for His mercy, and His wonders to the children of men.
32. Let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people, and praise Him at the assembly of elders.
33. He turns rivers into a wilderness and springs of water into thirsty ground,
34. and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
35. He turns a desert into a pool of water, a dry land into springs of water.
36. There He brings the hungry to live, and they establish a city for a dwelling.
37. So they sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
38. He blesses them, they multiply greatly, and He does not let their herds diminish,
39. after they were few and crushed by oppression, calamity and sorrow.
40. He pours contempt on princes, making them wander in trackless waste.