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Psalm 107:13
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
11because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.
13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.
15Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
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The cry comes after rebellion and the collapse of every human help, yet YHWH saves the very people who had rejected his counsel.
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Psalm 107:28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.Both verses repeat the movement from crying to the LORD in trouble to being brought out of distress.
Psalm 107:6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.Both verses recount people crying to the LORD in trouble and his delivering them out of their distresses.
Psalm 118:5Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.Both passages describe a call to the LORD from distress, followed by his answer through rescue or freedom.
Judges 4:3The children of Israel cried to the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.Both passages describe people crying to the LORD under suffering; Judges names twenty years of oppression backed by iron chariots.
Judges 6:6–10Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.Both passages place a cry to the LORD after people have been brought low.
Psalm 18:6In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.Both passages describe crying to the LORD in distress and receiving his attention, expressed through hearing or rescue.
Exodus 3:7–8The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their …Both passages connect people's cries in affliction with the LORD's response: he hears their suffering and acts to save.
2 Chronicles 33:12–13When he was in distress, he begged the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.Both passages describe turning to the LORD in distress; Chronicles adds the detail of humbling oneself before God.
2 Chronicles 33:18–19Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, …Both passages record prayer to God, though the Chronicles excerpt preserves the record of Manasseh's prayer without describing its answer.
Judges 10:10–18The children of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.”Both passages describe cries to the LORD after rebellion; Judges includes an express confession of forsaking God.
Jeremiah 31:18–20“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the …Both passages portray people appealing to the LORD after his chastening; Jeremiah includes a plea to be turned back.
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Guilt and confession. anxiety or panic. answered prayer.
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Encouragement
Your trouble need not be resolved before you pray. These people cried from within their distress, with rebellion behind them and no human help left. YHWH saved them.
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