New English Translation
Psalms 50:15
15Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver 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 flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats? 14Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One! Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!” 16God says this to the evildoer: “How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant? 17For you hate instruction and reject my words.
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:15 word by word
וּ֭קְרָאֵנִי בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה אֲ֝חַלֶּצְךָ֗ וּֽתְכַבְּדֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 50:15
- Psalms 77:2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 91:15When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.
- Psalms 107:6They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
- Job 22:27You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
- Zechariah 13:9Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
- Luke 22:44And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]
- Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
- James 5:13Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.
- Psalms 34:3Magnify the Lord with me! Let’s praise his name together!
- Psalms 66:13I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you,
- Luke 17:15Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.
- Psalms 50:23Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”
- Psalms 22:23You loyal followers of the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him!
- Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
- John 15:8My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and 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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