Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
- KJV Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
- NKJV Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses.
- NASB Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He saved them from their distresses.
- NLT “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
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Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.
Overview
The refrain returns: the helpless prisoners cry out, and God saves them. Even those bound by the consequences of rebellion find that a sincere cry to the LORD brings deliverance. This repeated pattern assures every sinner that God hears the cry of the captive and saves, the very heart of redemption in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 107:28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Ps 107:6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- Judg 6:6–10Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
- Judg 4:3Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- 2 Chr 33:12–13And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
- Ps 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Ps 116:3–6The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Exod 3:7–8The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Ps 107:19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- 2 Chr 33:18–19As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- Jer 31:18–20I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- Judg 10:10–18Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
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