Psalms 118:5

In my distress ¹  I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place. ² 

In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free.

From my distress I called upon the LORD; The LORD answered me and set me in a large place.

In my distress I prayed to the LORD, and the LORD answered me and rescued me.

Pushed to the wall, I called to GOD; from the wide open spaces, he answered.

I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.

Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.

I called on the LORD in distress; The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.

In my distress ¹  I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place. ² 

¹ tn 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 (mÿtsadey, “snares of”).

² tn Heb “the Lord answered me in a wide open place.”