107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:29 He calmed the storm, 1
and the waves 2 grew silent.
107:30 The sailors 3 rejoiced because the waves 4 grew quiet,
and he led them to the harbor 5 they desired.
1 tn Heb “he raised [the] storm to calm.”
2 tn Heb “their waves.” The antecedent of the third masculine plural pronominal suffix is not readily apparent, unless it refers back to “waters” in v. 23.
3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the sailors) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the waves) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT.