Psalms 107:13
But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
In Context
12And he humbled with trouble their heart; they stumbled, and there was none to help;
14He bringeth them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and teareth their bands asunder.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the Lord said, I have truly seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard its cry by reason of its taskmasters; yea, I know its sorrows;
Judges 6:6And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 33:18And the rest of the acts of Menasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the Lord the God of Israel, behold, they are in the history of the kings of Israel.
Psalms 106:44Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty.
Psalms 107:19But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions.
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 →