The Meaning of Psalms 107:28 Explained

Psalms 107:28

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

YLT: And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out.

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 107:28 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 107:17-32 - "his Wonders In The Deep"
Sickness yields the third type of suffering. Emphasis is laid on the cause of the suffering, which in the view of the writer is transgression and sin. We shall be justified, therefore, in confining our view of this section to the pain which is directly traceable to wrong-doing. Men ruin their health by evil courses, and the sinner drags down his punishment with his own hands. The portals of death had already opened to receive the sick men, but before they passed through they cried to Jehovah, and though their voice was feeble, they were heard. May we not make our own application of Psalms 107:20, by referring it to that Word of God through whom God's love and healing came to sinners in the days of his flesh?
The storm at sea is the next tableau. We have the sudden gale, the high waves, the ship now on the crest and then in the trough; the terror of the crew; the failure of the helm; the desperation of the sailors; and finally the voice of God above and through the storm. The sudden subsidence of the tempest is a grateful change to the sailors and the crew; and what gladness is theirs when they reach the harbor which they had longed for but had never thought to see again! Such is life, and such will be, by God's mercy our coming into harbor. "Safe into the haven guide"! [source]

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 107:28 mean?

And they cry out to Yahweh in trouble their and out of their distresses He brings them
וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־ יְ֭הוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם וּֽ֝מִמְּצֽוּקֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹצִיאֵֽם

וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ  And  they  cry  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: צָעַק  
Sense: to cry, cry out, call, cry 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.
וּֽ֝מִמְּצֽוּקֹתֵיהֶ֗ם  and  out  of  their  distresses 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מְצוּקָה  
Sense: straitness, distress, straits, stress.
יוֹצִיאֵֽם  He  brings  them 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.