Bible Strands
Psalms 107:6
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist recounts the experience of a group that had grown hungry and thirsty until their souls fainted, now facing acute distress.
The words — וַ/יִּצְעֲק֣וּ (va/i.yitz.'a.Ku) records their urgent cry, while יַצִּילֵֽ/ם (ya.tzi.Le/m) states Yahweh's direct action of delivering them from their troubles.
The thread — This pattern of crying in trouble and receiving deliverance appears in Psalms 50:15, Psalms 91:15, and Jeremiah 29:12.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine rescue follows human desperation, with no intermediate conditions or emotional prerequisites stated.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Cross-references
- Psalms 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Psalms 91:15 When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Psalms 107:13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalms 107:19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalms 107:28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
- Hosea 5:15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- 2 Timothy 3:11 my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.