Psalms 107:13
Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
In Context
12Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?
14In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the Lord said to him: “I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their outcry because of the harshness of those who are over the works.
Judges 6:6And Israel was humbled greatly in the sight of Midian.
2 Chronicles 33:12And after this, being in great anguish, he prayed to the Lord his God. And he did penance greatly before the God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 33:18But the rest of the deeds of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and also the words of the seers who were speaking to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are contained in the words of the kings of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:11-17
The Divine Goodness towards Prisoners. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh… Read the whole commentary →