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Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks directly to the worshipper, positioned between the command to sacrifice thank offerings (v.14) and the rebuke of the wicked (v.16). The moment is one of distress, and the address is to those in covenant with Him.
The words — Qara' (קְרָאֵ/נִי, "call out to me") is a strong imperative, not a suggestion. Chabad (כָּבֵד, "honor") carries the root sense of "to be heavy" — honoring God as making Him weighty.
The thread — Psalms 91:15 echoes the verse almost verbatim: "When he calls out to Me, I will answer him… I will deliver him and honor him." Psalms 107:28 records the pattern in narrative: they cried out in trouble and He brought them out.
Why it lands — The verse is a command, not a passive promise; the worshipper must act. The payoff is not comfort but honor — the worshipper's response to deliverance is to make God weighty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Cross-references
- Psalms 107:28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- 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.
- Psalms 34:3 Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
- Psalms 107:19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Zechariah 13:9 This 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.’”
- James 5:13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
- Psalms 81:7 You 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
- Psalms 107:6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- Job 22:27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- Luke 22:44 And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.