Psalms 107:6

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cried	וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ vai.yitz.'a.Ku	H6817	to shriek · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	יְ֭הוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
trouble	בַּצַּ֣ר ba.Tzar	H6862	narrow · preposition with the article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
delivered	יַצִּילֵֽם ya.tzi.Lem	H5337	to snatch away · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
distresses	מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם mi.me.tzu.ko.tei.Hem	H4691	narrowness · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Psalms 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psalms 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Jeremiah 29:12-14 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Hebrews 4:15-16 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, ye…
Psalms 107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
Psalms 107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:1-9

Here is, I. A general call to all to give thanks to God, Psa 107:1. Let all that sing this psalm, or pray over it, set themselves herein to give thanks to the Lord; and those that have not any special matter for praise may furnish themselves with matter enough from God's universal goodness. In the fountain he is good; in the streams his mercy endures for ever and never fails. II. A particular demand hereof from the redeemed of the Lord, which may well be applied spiritually to those that have an interest in the great Redeemer and are saved by him from sin and hell. They have, of all people, most reason to say that God is good, and his mercy everlasting; these are the children of God that wer…

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John Gill on Psalms 107:6

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble,.... To be directed in their way, and for food and drink, as travellers do when in such distress. Natural men, even the very Heathens, when in distress, will cry unto God for relief, as Jonah's mariners did, Jonah 1:5. It is a time of trouble with awakened sinners, when they are convinced of sin by the Spirit of God; when they are pricked to the heart with a sense of it; when the terrors of death and hell get hold of them; when they see themselves lost and undone, and in a wrong way, and know not what to do; when they find themselves starving and ready to perish; and then they cry, that is, pray, unto the Lord, the God of their lives, whose ears…

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John Calvin on Psalms 107:1-9

Psalm 107:1-9 1. Praise Jehovah, because he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 2. Let the redeemed of Jehovah say this, [273] whom he hath redeemed out of the hand of the afflicted. [274] 3. Whom he hath gathered out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. [275] 4. They wandered from the way in the solitary desert, [276] they did not find a city of habitation. 5. Both hungry and thirsty, so that their soul fainted within them. 6. In their straits they called upon Jehovah, and he delivered them from all their afflictions. 7. And he directed them by a right way, that they might come to a city of habitation. 8. Let them praise the mercy of…

The Church Fathers

"And they cried out to the Lord when they were in tribulation." "To the Lord," he says, "when I was in tribulation I cried out, and he heard me." Then are we heard by the Lord, when not a mere voice but tribulation cries out to the Lord.
— Jerome, Homily 33, on Psalm 106

And therefore after this wandering, and hunger, and thirst, "And they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distress" [Psalm 107:6]. And what did He for them, as they were wandering? "And He led them in the right way" [Psalm 107:7]. They found not the way of a city to dwell in, with hunger and thirst they were vexed and faint, "and He led them into the right way, that they might go into a city to dwell in."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 107

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Wandering — Of the Israelites in the wilderness in consequence of their rebellious fears to enter the Promised Land (Num. 14:26-35). They wandered for forty years before they were permitted to cross the Jordan…
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Constant goodness and mercy of God to them during — Constant goodness and mercy of God to them during

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Psalms 107:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:1-9

John Gill on Psalms 107:6

John Calvin on Psalms 107:1-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 107:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:1-9

John Gill on Psalms 107:6

John Calvin on Psalms 107:1-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 107:4-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 107:6

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 107:6