They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
Parallel translations
- WEB They cried, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
- KJV They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
- BSB They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
- NASB They cried for help, but there was no one to save, They cried to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
- NLT They called for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.
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Quick answer
David's defeated enemies cry out, even to Yahweh, but find no rescue. Those opposed to God's anointed have no deliverer when judgment comes.
Overview
In their extremity the foes appeal for help, but heaven is silent because they stand against the Lord's chosen king. The verse soberly shows that calling on God is met with no answer when it comes too late and from hardened hostility. It warns that there is no salvation apart from genuine submission to God and his Messiah.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Prov 1:28Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
- Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
- 2 Sam 22:42–43They looked, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
- Isa 59:1–2Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
- Isa 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
- Job 35:12–13There they cry, but no one gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
- Hos 7:14They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.
- Ezek 8:18Therefore will I also deal in wrath. My eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity. Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.”
- Mic 3:4Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”
- Zech 7:13It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;
- Luke 13:25When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
- Jer 14:12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
- Ps 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
- Jer 11:11Therefore Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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