Occurrences
Mêtsar occurs 3 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (2), Lamentations (1)
- Psalms 116:3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains (וּמְצָרֵ֣י) of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 118:5 — I called upon the LORD in distress (הַ֭מֵּצַ֥ר): the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
- Lamentations 1:3 — Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits (הַמְּצָרִֽים).