Psalms 107:23-24

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord - another image of Israel's distressed condition during the captivity. The sea is an image of the restless agitation of the world-powers on which Israel, both the literal and the spiritual, are cast (; Psalms 46:2). The ship is the spiritual Church of Christ, which is safe through His presence in it, however tempest-tossed (; Mark 4:37).

Verse 24. These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep - namely, the deliverances which He imparts to His own people from the waves of the world's oppression ().