New TestamentBeginner I · Psalm readingPsalms 107:28-29

Give Thanks to the LORD (Ps 107)

A short reading from Psalm 107. The two verses tell of a cry in a time of trouble and of a change in the weather. Hear each line, tap any word to see its meaning, then read them with the verse before them.

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Calm water with small still waves under a quiet sky

What you'll discover

The moments of the story, in the order they happen.

  1. The first line says they cry to the LORD in their trouble.

  2. The second line says he brings them out of their distress.

  3. The last lines say he makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

Original verse

The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. This is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.

Psalms 107:28 · WEB

Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

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First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.

  • The original verse · the Bible text, unadapted, then the next story

Questions about this story

Which Bible passage is this reading from?

Psalm 107:28 to 29, in the World English Bible.

What do they do in their trouble?

They cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress (Psalm 107:28).

What does the reading say about the storm?

It says “He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still” (Psalm 107:29).

How does the reading begin?

With “Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble” (Psalm 107:28).

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