Psalms 118:5 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 118:5

I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

KJV

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ASV

Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah: Jehovah answered me and set me in a large place.

WEB

In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

YLT

From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place.

DBT

I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me [and set me] in a large place.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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25 verses on the floor

Luke 11:9
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Psalms 18:19
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psalms 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.
Psalms 120:1
In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.
Psalms 107:19
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

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): " He answered me with enlargements; he did more for me than I was able to ask; he enlarged my heart in prayer and yet gave more largely than I desired." He answered me, and set me in a large place (so we read it), where I had room to bestir myself, room to enjoy myself, and room to thrive; and the large place was the more comfortable because he was brought to it out of distress, Ps. iv.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

distress--literally, "straits," to which "large place" corresponds, as in Ps 4:1; Men are helpless to hurt him, if God be with him (Ps 56:9), and, if enemies, they will be vanquished (Ps 54:7). Even the most powerful men are less to be trusted than God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 118:5PSA 18:6 PSA 50:15
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 118:5PSA 120:1 PSA 18:6
PSA 118:5PSA 18:6 2SA 22:7
PSA 118:5PSA 120:1 JON 2:2
PSA 118:5PSA 18:6 PSA 34:15
PSA 118:5PSA 18:19 PSA 31:8
PSA 118:5PSA 18:6 PSA 130:1-2
PSA 118:5PSA 18:19 PSA 18:36

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