Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

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

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

Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble - Compare Daniel. 9. This is repeated in the psalm in Psalm 107:6, Psalm 107:13, Psalm 107:19, Psalm 107:28 - in all the divisions of the psalm except the last. See the notes at Psalm 107:6.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble - This was the salutary effect which their afflictions produced: they began to cry to God for mercy and help; and God mercifully heard their prayer, and reversed their state; for,

Then they (e) cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.
(e) He shows that the reason God punishes us extremely is because we can be brought to him by no other means.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble,.... Their affliction, their hearts being brought down with labour, and they being and finding themselves in a state of darkness, in the shadow of death, in affliction and iron; or in soul troubles, under a sense of sin, and in a view of wrath and displeasure; under apprehensions of imminent danger, as the disciples in the storm; and therefore cry to the Lord, as they did,
Lord, save us, we perish, Matthew 8:2.
And he saved them out of their distresses; from all their sins; from the curse of the law; from wrath to come; from hell and death; being both able and willing. The following verse further explains this.