Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them. (p) That is, the faithful by the rods were moved to pray to you for deliverance.
Lord, in trouble have they visited thee,.... This, and the two following verses Isa 26:17, represent the troubles and disappointments of the church and people of God, before the destruction of antichrist; in which time of trouble they will visit the Lord, frequent the throne of grace, as saints in afflictions are wont to do; and sometimes this is the end to be answered by...
visited--sought. poured out-- (Psa 62:8), as a vessel emptying out all its contents. prayer--literally, "a whispered prayer," Margin, "a secret sighing" to God for help (compare Jer 13:17; Deu 8:16).