Text -- Psalms 107:27 (NET)

107:27 They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 107:27

¹ tn Only here does the Hebrew verb חָגַג (khagag; normally meaning “to celebrate”) carry the nuance “to sway.”

² tn The Hitpael of בָלַע (vala’) occurs only here in the OT. Traditionally the form is derived from the verbal root בלע (“to swallow”), but HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע understands a homonym here with the meaning “to be confused.”