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Psalm 118:5

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118:5In my distress4 I cried out to the Lord.

The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.5

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Heb “from the distress.” The noun מֵצַר (metsar, “straits; distress”) occurs only here and in Lam 1:3. In Ps 116:3 מצר should probably be emended to מְצָדֵי (métsadey, “snares of”).
  2. 5 Heb “the Lord answered me in a wide open place.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Out of my distress I called on the Lord;

the Lord answered me and set me free.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord;

he brought me into a spacious place.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I called to the Lord in distress;

the Lord answered me

and put me in a spacious place.

NLTNew Living Translation

In my distress I prayed to the Lord,

and the Lord answered me and set me free.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Out of my distress I called to Yah.

Yah answered me, setting me in a broad place.

KJV 1900King James Version

I called upon the Lord in distress:

The Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.