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Psalms 106:44
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist narrates Israel’s historical cycle of rebellion, placing this verse between a description of their repeated iniquity (106:43) and God’s subsequent covenant remembrance (106:45).
The words — The text foregrounds וַיַּרְא (Va/i.yar'), literally "and he saw," and בְּשָׁמְעוֹ (be./sha.me./O), literally "when he heard," to record God’s attention to Israel’s רִנָּתָם (ri.na.Ta/m), "their cry of entreaty."
The thread — This sequence of oppression, Israel’s cry, and God’s responsive attention recurs in Judges 2:18, Judges 3:9, and Judges 4:3.
Why it lands — The text states that God perceives and hears the cry of the oppressed before interpreting this as a basis for covenant faithfulness. It requires the reader to acknowledge that divine attention precedes deliverance, independent of human merit.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Cross-references
- Judges 3:9 But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
- Judges 4:3 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- Judges 2:18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
- Judges 6:6 Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
- Judges 10:10 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
- 1 Samuel 7:8 and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 2 Kings 14:26 For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
- Nehemiah 9:27 So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.