God’s Word Translation
Psalms 50:15
15Call on me in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”
Psalms 50:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- New International Version (NIV)and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
Context of Psalms 50:15
13Do I eat the meat of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14Bring ⌞your⌟ thanks to God as a sacrifice, and keep your vows to the Most High. Call on me in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.” 16But God says to wicked people, “How dare you quote my decrees and mouth my promises! 17You hate discipline. You toss my words behind you.
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:15 word by word
וּ֭קְרָאֵנִי בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה אֲ֝חַלֶּצְךָ֗ וּֽתְכַבְּדֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 50:15
- Psalms 77:2On the day I was in trouble, I went to the Lord for help. At night I stretched out my hands in prayer without growing tired. Yet, my soul refused to be comforted.
- 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.
- Psalms 107:6In their distress they cried out to the Lord. He rescued them from their troubles.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12When he experienced this distress, he begged the Lord his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.
- Job 22:27You will pray to him, and he will listen to you, and you will keep your vow to him.
- Zechariah 13:9I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
- Luke 22:44So he prayed very hard in anguish. His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- Acts 16:25Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
- James 5:13If any of you are having trouble, pray. If you are happy, sing psalms.
- Psalms 34:3Praise the Lord’s greatness with me. Let us highly honor his name together.
- Psalms 66:13I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will keep my vows to you,
- Luke 17:15When one of them saw that he was healed, he turned back and praised God in a loud voice.
- Psalms 50:23Whoever offers thanks as a sacrifice honors me. I will let everyone who continues in my way see the salvation that comes from God.”
- Psalms 22:23All who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel.
- Matthew 5:16In the same way let your light shine in front of people. Then they will see the good that you do and praise your Father in heaven.
- John 15:8You give glory to my Father when you produce a lot of fruit and therefore show that you are my disciples.
Commentaries on Psalms 50:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And call upon me in the day of trouble - This is a part of real religion as truly as praise is, Psalm 50:14. This is also the duty and the privilege of all the true worshippers of God. To do this shows where the heart is, as really as direct acts of praise and thanksgiving. The purpose of all that is said here is to show that true religion - the proper service of God - does not consist in the mere offering of sacrifice, but that it is of a spiritual…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any form. God demands the heart, and how can human inventions please him, when repentance, faith, and holiness are neglected? In the day of distress we must apply to the Lord by fervent prayer. Our troubles, though we see them coming from God's hand, must…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15God’s response to his people’s cry is to rescue them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-158-15. However scrupulous in external worship, it was offered as if they conferred an obligation in giving God His own, and with a degrading view of Him as needing it [Psa 50:9-13]. Reproving them for such foolish and blasphemous notions, He teaches them to offer, or literally, "sacrifice," thanksgiving, and pay, or perform, their vows--that is, to bring, with the external symbolical service, the homage of the heart, and faith, penitence, and love. To this…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 50
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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