Psalm 106:44

44 (105-44) And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

Psalm 106:44 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 106:44

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction
Or "looked on them in distress" ^F4; he saw their affliction, and had compassion on them; he was so far from abhorring and despising the affliction of the afflicted, that he pitied them and sympathized with them; in all their afflictions he was afflicted; he looked upon them with an eye of pity and concern, and helped them out of their troubles.

When he heard their cry;
or their "prayer", as the Targum, and so other versions; crying is prayer; and it denotes vocal and vehement prayer, such as is put up to God in distress; and which he hears and answers; his ears are open to the cries of his people.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Mhl rub aryw) "et vidit in angustia eis", Montanus, Gejerus; so Musculus, Tigurine version.

Psalm 106:44 In-Context

42 (105-42) And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands:

43 (105-43) Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.

44 (105-44) And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

45 (105-45) And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

46 (105-46) And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.