The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Parallel translations
- KJV The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
- BSB The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
- NKJV The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles.
- NASB The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears And rescues them from all their troubles.
- NLT The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 145:18–20Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
- Isa 65:24It will happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
- Ps 34:6This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- Ps 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
- Ps 34:15Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- Acts 12:5–11Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
- 2 Chr 32:24In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.
- 2 Chr 32:20–21Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
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