Psalms 107:19

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses.

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מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם

mᵉtsûwqâh

H4691

“from · distresses · their”

Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural

Appears 7× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Job 15:24

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H4690

TWOT: 1895e

straitness, distress, straits, stress

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

7: words
6: distinct lemmas
Wisdom: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם distress H4691 — appearing just 7 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם distress H4691 occurs in 7 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
2 nouns
1 adjective
2 prepositions

Verb forms

וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם Hiphil · Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 15 words from the Hebrew and 17 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Psalms 107:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Psalms 78:34–35 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
Psalms 34:4–6 I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 30:8–12 I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:
Psalms 107:6 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
Psalms 107:13 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms 116:4–8 Then called I on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul."
Psalms 107:28 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, And he brings them out of their distress.
Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

You’re reading Greek Psalm 106 (Hebrew Psalm 107). The Septuagint counts the superscription, so verse numbers can differ from the Hebrew — chapter-level alignment, not verse-by-verse. Numbering follows Rahlfs.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Psalms 107:19 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל יְ֭הוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Greek Psalm 106:19 Septuagint · lemma form

καί κράζω πρός κύριος ἐν ὁ θλίβω αὐτός καί ἐκ ὁ ἀνάγκη αὐτός σώζω αὐτός

Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Psalms 107:19 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Psa 107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses.

Ver. 19. Then they cry, &c.] Quando medicus et medicinae non prosunt, saith Kimchi, when physicians have done their utmost. See Psa 107:6.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

J. A. Alexander on Psalms

Joseph Addison Alexander

19. (Psa 107:19) And they cry to Jehovah in their distress; out of their straits he saves them. See above on Psa 107:6; Psa 107:13, with the last of which this agrees exactly.

Joseph Addison Alexander, The Psalms Translated and Explained (1850) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 19. Then they cry] The effect produced by affliction as before.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,.... Not legal sacrifices, but spiritual and evangelical ones, the sacrifices of praise and thankfulness which God has enjoined are well pleasing to him through Christ, glorify him, and are but our reasonable service; see Heb 13:15.

And declare his works with rejoicing: tell them to the children of men, what he has done for them, for soul and body; let them come to Zion with joy and everlasting joy on their heads; to the gates thereof, or to the public assemblies of the saints, and there declare what great things the Lord has done for them; and has had compassion upon them in healing their bodily diseases, and curing them of their soul maladies.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then they cry unto the Lord... - See Psa 107:6, note; Psa 107:13, note. The meaning here is, that if the “sick” cry to the Lord, he hears them, and delivers them. This cannot mean that it “always” occurs, but it occurs “so often” as to show that God can and does interpose to save; “so often” as to encourage us thus to call upon him when we are sick; “so often” as to lay a proper foundation for praise. Many persons - very many - can recall such instances in their own lives, when they seemed to all human appearance to be drawing near to the gates of death, and when, in connection with prayer, their disease took a favorable turn, and they were restored again to health. Compare the notes at Jam 5:14-15.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Treasury of David

Charles H. Spurgeon

Ver. 19. Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble. They join the praying legion at last. Saul also is among the prophets. The fool lays aside his motley in prospect of the shroud, and betakes himself to his knees. What a cure for the soul sickness of body is often made to be by the Lord's grace!

And he saveth them out of their distresses. Prayer is as effectual on a sick bed as in the wilderness or in prison; it may be tried in all places and circumstances with certain result. We may pray about our bodily pains and weaknesses, and we may look for answers too. When we have no appetite for meat we may have an appetite for prayer. He who cannot feed on the word of God may yet turn to God himself and find mercy.

Psalms 107:20*

Charles H. Spurgeon's The Treasury of David (1869–1885) — public domain. Psalms only. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he sayeth them out of their distresses (see above, vers. 6 and 13).

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Psalms, in the Wisdom, opens this verse with 7 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mᵉtsûwqâh (“distress”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “distress” (mᵉtsûwqâh) shape what this verse is saying?
Job 15:24 shares the word «distress» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
The verb «וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and J. A. Alexander on Psalms read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 7 words in this verse.