They cried, but there was none to save them,.... It is in Sa2 22:42; "they looked"; that is, they looked round about, here and there, to see if there were any near at hand to help and deliver them; they cried in their distress, and because of the anguish of their spirits, and for help and assistance, but in vain; they cried, as Jarchi thinks, to their idols, as Jonah's mariners cried everyone to their god; and, if so, it is no wonder there was none to save; for such are gods that cannot save: but it follows, even unto the Lord, but he answered them not; as Saul, for instance, Sa1 28:6; so God deals with wicked men, often by way of righteous retaliation; see Pro 1:28.