In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.
Parallel translations
- WEB In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.
- KJV In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
- NKJV In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.
- NASB On the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.
- NLT I will call to you whenever I’m in trouble, and you will answer me.
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Quick answer
In the day of trouble David calls on God, confident He will answer. Faith turns to God especially in distress.
Overview
This verse expresses settled trust that God responds to those who cry out in their need. Trouble drives the believer to prayer rather than despair. Such confidence is vindicated in Christ, through whom God invites His people to approach the throne of grace in time of need.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Jonah 2:2saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
- Ps 34:4–6I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
- Ps 17:6I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
- Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Heb 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
- Lam 3:55–57I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
- Isa 26:16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Ps 142:1A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
- Ps 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- 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 77:1–2For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
- Ps 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
- Ps 55:16–18But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
- Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
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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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