Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- KJV And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- NKJV Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
- NASB Call upon Me on the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
- NLT Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”
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Quick answer
God invites His people to call on Him in trouble, promising deliverance so that they will honor Him. Dependence on God glorifies Him.
Overview
Rather than needing gifts, God desires that His people trust and call upon Him in distress; He will deliver, and they will give Him glory. This reveals worship's true logic: God supplies, the worshiper receives and praises. The verse anticipates the gospel pattern in which salvation is God's gift, met by grateful praise.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 107:28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Ps 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Ps 34:3–4Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
- Zech 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- Ps 107:19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Jas 5:13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
- Ps 81:7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
- Ps 107:6–13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- Job 22:27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- 2 Chr 33:12–13And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
- Matt 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Luke 17:15–18When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
- John 15:8This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- Ps 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Ps 22:23You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
- Ps 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
- 1 Pet 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- Ps 66:13–20I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
- 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
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