The Meaning of Psalms 107:13 Explained

Psalms 107:13

KJV: Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

YLT: And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them.

Darby: Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses;

ASV: Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then they cried  unto the LORD  in their trouble,  [and] he saved  them out of their distresses. 

What does Psalms 107:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Psalms 107

1  The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence
4  Over travelers
10  Over captives
17  Over sick men
23  Over sailors
33  And in diverse varieties of life

What do the individual words in Psalms 107:13 mean?

And they cried out to Yahweh in trouble their out of their distresses [And] He saved them
וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־ יְ֭הוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם

וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ  And  they  cried  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: זָעַק  
Sense: to cry, cry out, call, call for help.
יְ֭הוָה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
בַּצַּ֣ר  in  trouble 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַר 
Sense: narrow, tight.
מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם  out  of  their  distresses 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מְצוּקָה  
Sense: straitness, distress, straits, stress.
יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם  [And]  He  saved  them 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁע 
Sense: to save, be saved, be delivered.