Psalms 118:5
Out of a strait, called I on Yah, He answered me with enlargement.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
In Context
4I pray you! let them who revere Yahweh, say, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
6Yahweh, is on my side, I will not fear, What can man, do unto me?
Cross References
Genesis 32:7Then was Jacob greatly afraid, and in distress. So he divided the people that were with him and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two camps,
1 Samuel 30:6And David was in sore distress, for the people had spoken of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were embittered, every man for his own sons and for his own daughters,—but David emboldened himself in Yahweh his God.
Psalms 18:19And brought me out, into a large place, he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my distress—unto My Lord, will I seek, My hand, by night, hath been outstretched and never once became slack, My soul, hath refused to be consoled;
Psalms 107:19Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he saveth them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 118:2-19
Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. 6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? 7 The Lord taketh my part… Read the whole commentary →