Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
- BSB Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- 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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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 78:34–35When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
- Ps 34:4–6I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
- Ps 30:8–12I cried to you, Yahweh. I made supplication to the Lord:
- Ps 116:4–8Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
- Ps 107:6Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
- Ps 107:13Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
- Ps 107:28Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
- Jer 33:3‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.’
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