23. Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;
24. These see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.
25. For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.
26. They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
27. They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
28. Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
29. He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
30. Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.
31. Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
32. Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
33. He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
34. and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35. He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
36. There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
37. sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.