Psalms 118:5

In 11 translations

BSB

In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

KJV

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.in distress: Heb. out of distress

WEB

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

ASV

Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah: Jehovah answered me and set me in a large place.

LSV

I called YAH from the narrow place, || YAH answered me in a broad place.

YLT

From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place.

DBY

I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me [and set me] in a large place.

DRC117:5

In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.

GNV

I called vpon the Lord in trouble, and the Lord heard me, and set me at large.

JPS

Out of my straits I called upon the LORD; He answered me with great enlargement.

LXXE117:5

I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he hearkened to me, so as to bring me into a wide place.

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WLC

מִֽן־הַ֭מֵּצַ֥ר קָרָ֣אתִי יָּ֑הּ עָנָ֖נִי בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב יָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br117:5

Ἐκ θλίψεως ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐπήκουσέ μου εἰς πλατυσμόν.

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• Psalms 18:19He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
• 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 120:1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
• Psalms 107:19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
• Psalms 130:1–2Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
• Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
• Psalms 107:13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
• Psalms 40:1–3I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth,…
• 1 Samuel 30:6–8And 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. Then David said to Abiathar the…
• Psalms 116:3–4The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
• Mark 14:31–36But Peter kept insisting, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the others said the same thing. Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I…
• 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.
• Genesis 32:7In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
• Genesis 32:9–11Then 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,’ I am unworthy of all the kindness and…

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