Psalm 120:1
New International Version
A song of ascents. I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.

New Living Translation
I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.

English Standard Version
In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.

Berean Standard Bible
A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

King James Bible
A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

New King James Version
A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, And He heard me.

New American Standard Bible
A Song of Ascents. I cried to the LORD in my trouble, And He answered me.

NASB 1995
A Song of Ascents. In my trouble I cried to the LORD, And He answered me.

NASB 1977
In my trouble I cried to the LORD, And He answered me.

Legacy Standard Bible
A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called to Yahweh, And He answered me.

Amplified Bible
A Song of Ascents. In my trouble I cried to the LORD, And He answered me.

Christian Standard Bible
A song of ascents. In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A song of ascents. In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me.”

American Standard Version
A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
To LORD JEHOVAH in my suffering I cried, and he answered me!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he hearkened to me.

Contemporary English Version
When I am in trouble, I pray,

Douay-Rheims Bible
In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

English Revised Version
A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[A song for going up to worship.] When I was in trouble, I cried out to the LORD, and he answered me.

Good News Translation
When I was in trouble, I called to the LORD, and he answered me.

International Standard Version
I cried to the LORD in my distress, and he responded to me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, And He answered me.

Literal Standard Version
A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have called to YHWH in my distress, | And He answers me.

Majority Standard Bible
A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

New American Bible
A song of ascents. The LORD answered me when I called in my distress:

NET Bible
A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the LORD and he answered me.

New Revised Standard Version
In my distress I cry to the LORD, that he may answer me:

New Heart English Bible
[A Song of Ascents.] In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.

Webster's Bible Translation
A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

World English Bible
A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

Young's Literal Translation
A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
In My Distress I Cried to the LORD
1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me. 2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.…

Cross References
Exodus 34:24
For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.

2 Samuel 22:7
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

1 Kings 12:27
If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah."

2 Chronicles 33:12
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

Psalm 22:21
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

Psalm 66:14
the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.


Treasury of Scripture

In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

Title - A Song of Degrees.

Psalm 121:1
A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Psalm 122:1
A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

Psalm 123:1
A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

my distress

Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

Psalm 30:7,8
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled…

Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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Verse 1. - In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. The particular "distress' intended can only be conjectured. Some suppose it to be the Captivity itself, others the opposition offered by the Samaritans, Ammonites, and others to the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4, 5.) and restoration of the wails of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:19, 20; Nehemiah 4:1-23; Nehemiah 6:2-14). But these guesses are scarcely of much value.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A Song
שִׁ֗יר (šîr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7892: A song, singing

of Ascents.
הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת (ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4609: Elevation, the act, the condition, a climactic progression

In my distress
בַּצָּרָ֣תָה (baṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6869: Tightness, a female rival

I cried
קָ֝רָ֗אתִי (qā·rā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD,
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and He answered me.
וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃ (way·ya·‘ă·nê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond


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