Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks in first person about a third person ("he"), the one who has dwelt in the shelter of the Most High (v. 1). The promise is conditional on the call: if he cries out, God answers, is present in trouble, rescues, and honors.
The words — אֲכַבְּדֵהוּ (akhav'vedehu, "I will honor him," H3513) reverses the direction of kavod: in Psalms 50:15 the human honors God, here God honors the human. The root חֲלַץ (H2502, "to rescue, pull out") carries the sense of extraction from a tight place.
The thread — Psalms 50:15 is the closest parallel, sharing the call–deliver–honor sequence but with the honor clause reversed. Jeremiah 33:3 and Isaiah 65:24 extend the call-and-answer motif, with Isaiah intensifying it: God answers before the call is fully made.
Why it lands — The verse asks the reader to take seriously that God's response to a human cry includes elevating that person, not merely removing the threat. Deliverance here is not only functional but relational — the one rescued is given honor by the one who rescues.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- Isaiah 65:24 Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Psalms 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Psalms 138:7 If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- John 12:26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- 1 Samuel 2:30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- Psalms 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- Acts 18:9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.