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Psalm 107:6
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
8Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
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The cry comes while the wanderers are still hungry and homeless, making their need plain before the sentence turns to what YHWH did.
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Psalm 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”Psalm 50 promises deliverance to those who call in trouble; Psalm 107 recounts people crying out and receiving it.
Psalm 107:13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.Both verses repeat the same cry to the LORD in trouble and record his rescue from distress.
Psalm 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.Both passages join calling on the LORD in trouble with his deliverance, while Psalm 91 also promises his presence.
Jeremiah 29:12–14You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.Both passages describe people calling on God, with Jeremiah promising that he will listen and the psalm recounting his help.
Hebrews 4:15–16For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without …The shared thread is human need: the psalm recounts God's help in distress, while Hebrews describes a high priest who understands weakness.
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 texts describe people crying out to the LORD amid danger, with Exodus naming their fear as the Egyptians approach.
2 Corinthians 1:8–10For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our …Both passages describe severe distress, with Paul naming despair of life and the psalm recounting a cry for help.
Psalm 107:19Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.Both verses use the same pattern of people crying to the LORD in trouble and his saving them from distress.
Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”Both passages connect affliction with turning toward God, though Hosea also speaks of acknowledging an offense.
2 Timothy 3:11persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them …Both texts credit the Lord with deliverance from suffering, with Paul naming the places where he endured persecution.
2 Corinthians 12:8–10Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.Both passages describe appeals to the Lord for relief, with Paul specifying that he begged three times.
Isaiah 41:17–18The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Both passages describe people in need receiving God's help, with thirst explicit in Isaiah and in the psalm's surrounding verses.
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The wanderers had no home and little strength left when they cried out. Their help came from YHWH, who delivered them from their distress.
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