Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
- KJV Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
- NKJV Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He delivered 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 rescued them from their distress.
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When they cried to the LORD in their trouble, he delivered them from their distresses.
Overview
This is the first occurrence of the psalm's recurring refrain: distress, a cry to God, and his deliverance. It teaches that God hears and rescues those who call upon him in genuine need. This pattern of crying out and being saved is the heartbeat of the gospel, where sinners who call on the Lord are delivered.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Ps 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Jer 29:12–14Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Heb 4:15–16For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- 2 Cor 1:8–10We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
- Ps 107:19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Ps 107:28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Ps 107:13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Hos 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- 2 Tim 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
- 2 Cor 12:8–10Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
- Isa 41:17–18The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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