Psalms 118:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.”
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“In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah: Jehovah answered me and set me in a large place.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 118:5 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 32:7In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
- Genesis 32:9Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
- 1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
- Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Psalms 18:19He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- Psalms 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
- Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 107:13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalms 107:19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
- Mark 14:31But Peter kept insisting, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the others said the same thing.
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