God’s Word Translation
Psalms 107:6
6In their distress they cried out to the Lord. He rescued them from their troubles.
Psalms 107:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
- New International Version (NIV)Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses.
Context of Psalms 107:6
4They wandered around the desert on a deserted road without finding an inhabited city. 5They were hungry and thirsty. They began to lose hope. In their distress they cried out to the Lord. He rescued them from their troubles. 7He led them on a road that went straight to an inhabited city. 8Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:6 word by word
וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יַצִּילֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 107:6
- Psalms 107:13In their distress they cried out to the Lord. He saved them from their troubles.
- Psalms 50:15Call on me in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”
- Psalms 91:15When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you.
- Isaiah 41:17“The poor and needy are looking for water, but there is none. Their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
- Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
- Hosea 5:15I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty. Then they will search for me. In their distress they will eagerly look for me.”
- Hebrews 4:15We have a chief priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses. He was tempted in every way that we are, but he didn’t sin.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8Brothers and sisters, we don’t want you to be ignorant about the suffering we experienced in the province of Asia. It was so extreme that it was beyond our ability to endure. We even wondered if we could go on living.
- 2 Corinthians 12:8I begged the Lord three times to take it away from me.
- 2 Timothy 3:11You also know about the kind of persecutions and sufferings which happened to me in the cities of Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions, and the Lord rescued me from all of them.
Commentaries on Psalms 107:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Then they cried unto the Lord - When the Israelites began to pray heartily, and the eyes of all the tribes were as the eyes of one man turned unto the Lord, then he delivered them out of their distresses.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble - The language in this verse is repeated in this psalm in Psalm 107:13, Psalm 107:19, Psalm 107:28 - as if this were the main subject of the psalm, that when the people of God in different circumstances, or under various forms of trouble, call upon God, he hears them and delivers them. And he delivered them out of their distresses - The verb from which the noun used here is derived has the idea of being…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The psalmist does not say what caused his trouble and distress. Because the problem is not specific, people in many different situations can identify with the laments.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. A graphic picture is given of the sufferings of those who from distant lands returned to Jerusalem; or, city of habitation--may mean the land of Palestine.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 107
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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