“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
- KJV Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
- BSB Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- NKJV Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses.
- NASB Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.
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Quick answer
Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
Overview
The refrain returns a fourth time: the desperate sailors cry to God and he delivers them. In every kind of trouble, the cry of faith reaches the Lord who saves. This consistent answer to prayer assures believers that no storm is beyond the reach of God's saving hand, supremely shown in Christ's power over the sea.
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Cross-references · 7
- Matt 8:25They came to him, and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”
- Ps 107:19Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.
- Ps 107:13Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
- Ps 107:6Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
- Acts 27:23–25For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
- Jonah 1:5–6Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.
- Jonah 1:14Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”
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