Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Study Note
Study Note
'And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.' Psalm 50 is an Asaphite covenant lawsuit in which God does not ultimately want animal sacrifices but genuine thanksgiving and prayer — 'call upon me' replaces the entire sacrificial apparatus as the essential act of worship. The verse condenses the entire Psalter's theology of prayer into a single exchange: human cry in distress meets divine deliverance, and the outcome is God's glorification. John 14:13-14 and 16:23-24's promises about prayer in Jesus's name participate in this same structure of call, answer, and glory.
Other Translations
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
Cross References
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God …
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it …
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is …
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood …
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.