Psalms 107:23 - Exposition

They that go down to the sea in ships . That many of the Israelites engaged in maritime pursuits appears from 1 Kings 9:26-28 ; 1 Kings 10:22 ; 1 Kings 22:48 ; 2 Chronicles 20:36 ; as also from 5:17 ; Psalms 48:7 ; Proverbs 23:34 ; Proverbs 30:19 ; and from many passages of the Apocrypha. Joppa was at all times an Israelite port, from which trade was carried on by the residents ( 2 Chronicles 2:16 ; Ezra 3:7 ; Jonah 1:3 ). That do business in great waters ; i . e . the sea of Galilee and Lake Merom.