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Psalm 107:28

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

26They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
27They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
29He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
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The cry comes while the waves still toss the sailors, and the turn toward rescue rests on what YHWH does in their distress.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 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 link calling on God in trouble with his deliverance; Psalm 50 also speaks of honoring him.
Psalm 107:13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.Both repeat the same movement: people cry to the LORD in trouble, and he saves them from their distress.
Matthew 8:25The disciples came to him and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”Both depict people in danger appealing to the Lord for rescue; Matthew records the disciples’ plea to Jesus.
Psalm 107:6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.Both describe a cry to the LORD from within trouble, followed by his deliverance from distress.
Psalm 107:19Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.Both use the repeated cry-and-rescue pattern, naming the LORD as the one who saves people in distress.
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 describe people crying to the LORD; Judges includes confession of forsaking God, while the sailors’ cry names no sin.
Acts 27:23–25For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,Both speak of God’s involvement with people; Acts describes an angel from God, while the psalm describes rescue from distress.
Jonah 1:14Therefore they cried to the LORD, and said, “We beg you, LORD, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, …Both record a cry to the LORD amid danger; Jonah includes a plea against death and guilt for innocent blood.
Jonah 1:5–6Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone …Both portray sailors crying out amid danger, though Jonah says each cries to his god and the psalm names the LORD.
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 frightened people crying to the LORD when danger overwhelms them, whether at sea or before an approaching army.
Job 41:25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.Both portray people overwhelmed by danger, though Job describes fear before a creature without mentioning prayer or rescue.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. fear for the future. answered prayer.

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Name one unresolved trouble in prayer

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Encouragement

Your trouble need not be settled before you pray. These sailors cry out while afraid, and YHWH brings them out of distress; the rescue is his work.

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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).