This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Parallel translations
- WEB This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- KJV This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- NKJV This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
- NASB This wretched man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
- NLT In my desperation I prayed, and the Lord listened; he saved me from all my troubles.
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This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard and saved him from all his troubles.
Overview
David recalls his own desperate cry and God's complete deliverance, holding himself up as an example of answered prayer. God hears the lowly who call on him. This assurance is fulfilled in Christ, through whom the needy find ready access to a saving God.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 34:17–19The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
- Ps 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
- Ps 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Ps 66:16–20Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
- 2 Sam 22:1And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- Ps 40:17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
- Rev 7:14–17“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- Gen 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
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