...most chose. She tried to comfort them for some were blind with fear of the voyage. XXI They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For at his word the stormy wind ariseth,...

...which applied so directly to the men and boys who were to sail in the Russell that day: 'They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters; these men see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep ... so when they cry unto the Lord...

...the deep' (250; Psalms 107:24). Like the Ecclesiastes passage, this is a famous one: 'They that go down to the sea in ships: and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep.' Ethelberta's somewhat petulant quotation...

...breeze of the Holy Spirit with Christ your pilot and with the oarage of good cheer'. Jor those who "go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters " do not let the shipwreck that has befallen some one else prevent their being of good cheer; they...

...respected figure in the London community of what Coverdale's translation of Psalm 107 calls those who "go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters." With such a background it was natural for the young John Newton to absorb the atmosphere of the maritime...

...sailors) contained the souls of fishermen and sailors drowned at sea. The sailor's psalm: "They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters. These men see the works of the Lord; and his wonders of the deep. For at his word the stormy sea ariseth:...