Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 107:19
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses.
Then they cry unto the Lord… – See Psa 107:6, note; Psa 107:13, note. The meaning here is, that if the sick cry to the Lord, he hears them, and delivers them. This cannot mean that it always occurs, but it occurs so often as to show that God can and does interpose to save; so often as to encourage us thus to call upon him when we are sick; so often as to lay a proper foundation for praise. Many persons – very many – can recall such instances in their own lives, when they seemed to all human appearance to be drawing near to the gates of death, and when, in connection with prayer, their disease took a favorable turn, and they were restored again to health. Compare the notes at Jam 5:14-15.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 19. Then they cry] The effect produced by affliction as before.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
17-22. Whether the same or not,this exigency illustrates that dispensation of God according to whichsin brings its own punishment.
are afflictedliterally,”afflict themselves,” that is, bring on disease, denoted byloathing of food, and drawing
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,…. A time of affliction is a time of trouble, and a proper season for prayer; and by it persons are brought to the throne of grace, when humbled under the mighty hand of God, to seek for relief. Hezekiah in his affliction prayed to the Lord, though Asa sought to the physicians only, and not to the Lord; this is to be understood of such who are convinced of their folly, brought to a sense of sin and danger, and therefore cry to the Lord for his sparing mercy, and pardoning grace.
And he saveth them out of their distresses: their afflictions, which were distressing to them, by removing their disorders and restoring them to health again; as follows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Psa 107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses.
Ver. 19. Then they cry, &c. ] Quando medicus et medicinae non prosunt, saith Kimchi, when physicians have done their utmost. See Psa 107:6 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 107:6, Psa 107:13, Psa 107:28, Psa 30:8-12, Psa 34:4-6, Psa 78:34, Psa 78:35, Psa 116:4-8, Jer 33:3
Reciprocal: Exo 2:23 – cry Exo 14:10 – cried out Jdg 10:10 – cried Psa 28:6 – General Psa 50:15 – call Psa 118:5 – called Mar 5:23 – besought Phi 2:27 – but God