Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
- BSB Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- 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 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Ps 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
- Jer 29:12–14Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
- Heb 4:15–16For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
- 2 Cor 1:8–10For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
- Ps 107:19Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
- Ps 107:28Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
- Ps 107:13Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
- Hos 5:15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
- 2 Tim 3:11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
- 2 Cor 12:8–10For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
- Isa 41:17–18When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
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