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Psalms 107:28

107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. are: Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

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Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.

107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

What does Psalms 107:28 mean?

Psalms 107:28 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צָעַק (tsâʻaq), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), צַר (tsar).

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Then
they
cryצָעַקtsâʻaq/tsaw-ak'/H6817to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
unto
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
in
their
trouble,צַרtsar/tsar/H6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
and
he
bringeth
them
outיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
of
their
distresses.מְצוּקָהmᵉtsûwqâh/mets-oo-kaw'/H4691narrowness, i.e. (figuratively) trouble

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:28.

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Job 15:24

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Nehemiah 9:27

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

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What does Psalms 107:28 say?

Psalms 107:28 (King James Version) reads: "Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses."

Is Psalms 107:28 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:28 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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