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Psalms 118:5

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

KJV

Utinam dirigantur viæ meæ ad custodiendas justificationes tuas.

Vulgate

ὄφελον κατευθυνθείησαν αἱ ὁδοί μου τοῦ φυλάξασθαι τὰ δικαιώματά σου·

LXX

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

ASV

מִֽן הַ֭/מֵּצַ֥ר קָרָ֣אתִי יָּ֑הּ עָנָ֖/נִי בַ/מֶּרְחָ֣ב יָֽהּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יָֽהּ
yh
proper_noun · 50×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מְּצָרִֽים
mtsrym
noun · 3×
מֶּרְחָ֣ב
mrchb
noun · 6×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:27 — For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
  • 1Sam 30:6 — And 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 encouraged himself in the
  • 2Sam 22:20 — He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
  • Gen 26:22 — And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful
  • Gen 32:7 — Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
  • Gen 32:9 — And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
  • Isa 58:9 — Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
  • Jas 5:13 — Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
  • Job 36:16 — Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
  • Luke 11:9 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
  • Mark 14:31 — But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
  • Ps 6:9 — The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
  • Ps 18:6 — In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
  • Ps 18:19 — He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
  • Ps 18:19 — He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
  • Ps 22:24 — For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
  • Ps 28:6 — Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
  • Ps 31:8 — And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
  • Ps 40:1 — I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
  • Ps 77:2 — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
  • Ps 107:13 — Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
  • Ps 107:19 — Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
  • Ps 116:3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 116:4 — Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
  • Ps 120:1 — In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
  • Ps 120:1 — In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
  • Ps 130:1 — Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.