Revised Version 1895
Psalms 118:5
5Out of my distress I called upon the LORD: the LORD answered me and set me in a large place.
Psalms 118:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
- New International Version (NIV)When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I called on the Lord in distress; The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
Context of Psalms 118:5
3Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever. Out of my distress I called upon the LORD: the LORD answered me and set me in a large place. 6The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? 7The LORD is on my side among them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
Read all of Psalms 118Psalms 118:5 word by word
מִֽן־הַ֭מֵּצַ֥ר קָרָ֣אתִי יָּ֑הּ עָנָ֖נִי בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב יָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 118:5
- Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 107:13Then they cried unto the LORD hi their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
- Psalms 116:3The cords of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me.
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
- Genesis 32:7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
- 1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.
- Mark 14:31But he spake exceeding vehemently, If I must die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all.
- Psalms 18:19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- Psalms 31:8And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Commentaries on Psalms 118:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I called upon the Lord - I am a standing proof and living witness of God's mercy. Take encouragement from me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I called upon the Lord in distress - Margin, as in Hebrew, “out of distress.” In the very midst of trouble he called upon the Lord; his voice was heard, as it were, coming from the depth of his sorrows. See the notes at Psalm 18:6. The Lord answered me - That is, he heard my prayers, and delivered me. See the notes at Psalm 18:6. And set me in a large place - I was before pressed on every side; sorrows compassed me around; I could not move; I had no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9The Lord alone is the psalmist’s helper.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. distress--literally, "straits," to which "large place" corresponds, as in Psa 4:1; 31:8.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 118
- 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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