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Psalm 107:19

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

17Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
18Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
19Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.
20He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
21Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
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Notice

The word “Then” marks a turn from distress toward YHWH, whose saving response meets people already near the gates of death.

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What trouble, if any, would you name in a cry to YHWH today?

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”Both passages link calling on the LORD in trouble with his deliverance.
Psalm 118:5Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.Both describe a cry to the LORD from distress and his response that brings release.
Psalm 107:6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.Both verses repeat the same movement within Psalm 107: people cry to the LORD in trouble, and he rescues them.
Psalm 107:13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.Both verses pair crying to the LORD in trouble with his saving action, using almost identical words.
Judges 10:10The 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 people crying to the LORD after disobedience; Judges includes their spoken confession of forsaking God.
Jeremiah 33:3‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’Both connect calling to God with his response, though Jeremiah speaks of revealing things rather than rescue from distress.
Mark 5:23and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.”Both passages describe a plea for help near death, though Mark records a father's plea for his daughter.
Exodus 14:10When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The …Both describe people crying to the LORD in danger; Exodus names the approaching Egyptians as the source of fear.
Where this verse fits

Guilt and confession. illness or diagnosis. anxiety or panic.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Name one distress aloud to YHWH before bed tonight

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Encouragement

The people described here had brought suffering on themselves, yet YHWH saved them when they cried out. Their disobedience did not put them beyond his mercy.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).