This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Parallel translations
- WEB This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- BSB This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from 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, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
- Ps 3:4I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Ps 10:17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- Ps 66:16–20Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
- 2 Sam 22:1And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
- Ps 40:17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
- Rev 7:14–17And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- Gen 48:16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
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