I called upon the LORD in (b) distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place.
(b) We are here taught that the more that troubles oppress us, the more ought we to be instant in prayer.
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Psalms 118:5
5 I called upon the LORD in distress:a the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.