In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.
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In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.
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In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
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In my distress I called upon the LORD, yea, I called unto my God; and out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry did enter into His ears.
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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 22:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 18:6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalms 116:4 Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
- Jonah 2:7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
- Exodus 3:7 Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- Psalms 27:4 One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
- Psalms 34:15-17 Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
- Psalms 120:1 In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
- Psalms 34:6 This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- Habakkuk 2:20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”
- 1 Kings 8:28-30 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you today; that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there;’ to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place. Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
- Jonah 2:4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
- Matthew 26:38-39 Then he said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me.” He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
- Hebrews 5:7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
- James 5:4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
- Luke 22:44 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark…
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters,
and thick clouds of the skies. See Gill on Psa 18:11.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Temple. David was now busy in making preparations for…
Temple. David was now busy in making preparations for it.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. called … cried] This rendering represents a difference…
7. called … cried] This rendering represents a difference of words found in the Heb. of Psa_18:6, but not here. It is however supported by the Sept. and is probably the true reading.
out of his temple] The palace temple of heaven, where He sits enthroned. Cp. Psa_11:4.
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and my cry did enter into his ears] In place of the terse expression my cry was in his ears, Psa_18:6 reads “my cry before him came into his ears.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Called . . . cried.—The original words are…
(7) Called . . . cried.—The original words are the same here, although differing in the parallel place in the psalm.
My cry did enter into his ears.—Literally, my cry in his ears, an elliptical expression which is filled out in the psalm, “my cry came before him, even into his ears.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Prayer in distress heard.
Prayer in distress heard.
The distress referred to is graphically described in vers. 5, 6, 17, 18. The interposition of God for the psalmist"s deliverance is poetically depicted in vers. 8-20. The connecting link is given in this verse. David, in his danger and trouble, called on God, and therefore he was delivered. We have here
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I DISTRESS. This may arise from various causes; such as:
1. Enemies. As in David"s case, with the dangers of the battles fought against them. There are many forms less extreme in which the enmity of men may show itself and occasion pain or peril.
2. Circumstances. Worldly losses and anxieties.
3. Personal affliction. Of body or mind. Special distress from afflictions which implicate the nerves, and so the mind itself.
4. Death of dear friends.
5. Conviction of sin. (see Psa_32:3, Psa_32:4) It would be well if this form of distress were more common.
6. Pressure of powerful temptation. The mighty and threatening uprising of inward corruptions, or the pressing solicitations of evil from without.
7. Fear of calamities or of death.
II PRAYER. Natural for men to call upon God when they are in great trouble or danger. Yet all do not; and of many the prayers are unacceptable, because they lack the moral and spiritual elements of successful prayer. (see Hos_7:14) Prayer, to be acceptable, must be:
1. That of a righteous man. (Vers. 21-25; (Jam_5:16; Psa_66:18) Yet the prayers of one who is stirred by his affliction to sincere repentance will be heard; for repentance is the beginning of righteousness.
2. Offered in faith. (Mat_21:22)
3. Importunate and persevering. (Luk_11:8, seq.; 18:1-8.)
4. Accompanied, where practicable, with the use of appropriate means. David fought vigorously as well as prayed earnestly.
III DELIVERANCE. The Almighty heard the psalmist"s voice "out of his temple" (equivalent to "the heavens"), and, interposing in majesty and power, delivered him, discomfiting and scattering his foes. True prayer is always heard and answered; but the deliverance granted is often not according to our conceptions and desires, yet ever according to the perfect wisdom and goodness of our heavenly Father. Sometimes the causes of our distress are removed; sometimes they are allowed to continue, but the distress is allayed, and the causes turned into blessings. So it was with St. Paul"s "thorn in the flesh," although he prayed earnestly and repeatedly (2Co_12:8-10) Spiritual deliverance, however, is always granted to those who truly seek it; and ultimately complete rescue from all that afflicts the Christian.
IV GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE AND THANKSGIVING. Although David"s victories were wrought through the skill and valour of himself and his troops, he gives to God all the glory of them; for he knew that all was due to him. His example will be followed by the Christian, as he reviews life and calls to mind his distresses and deliverances. He will recognize the hand of God in all, and render praise to him who both furnishes the means of deliverance and exercises the power which renders them successful. Finally, let none wait for trouble before they begin to pray. Live in the habit of prayer, and you will be able, when trouble comes, to pray truly and successfully. Otherwise you may find yourself in the miserable condition of those described in ver. 42, who "looked even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. G.W.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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David's song to Yahweh continues. He uses parallelism to emphasize what he is saying. (See: Parallelism)
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In my distress
"In my great trouble"
he heard my voice from his temple
David is referring to the heavenly temple where Yahweh dwells. The earthly temple has not yet been built.
my call for help went into his ears
Here the metonym "his ears" refers to Yahweh and his hearing of David's call for help. AT: "he heard my prayer for help" (See: Metonymy)
his ears
David speaks of Yahweh as if he had ears. (See: Personification)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:7 Although his sanctuary sometimes refers to the Tabernacle…
22:7 Although his sanctuary sometimes refers to the Tabernacle or Temple, here it refers to God’s heavenly dwelling; neither the Tabernacle nor the Temple were in existence at this time.
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