In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
- NKJV In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
- NASB In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
- NLT But in my distress I cried out to the Lord; yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry to him reached his ears.
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Quick answer
In his distress David called on God, who heard his cry from his temple. It matters because God hears and responds to the cries of his people in trouble.
Overview
From the depths of distress David cried out, and Yahweh heard his voice from his heavenly temple, his prayer reaching God's ears. The verse assures that God is attentive to the cries of his afflicted ones. This confidence in a hearing God is fully grounded for believers through Christ, our mediator.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- 2 Sam 22:7In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
- Ps 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Ps 130:1–2A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
- Ps 120:1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
- Ps 27:4–5One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- Ps 18:3–4I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
- 2 Chr 30:27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- Exod 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Acts 12:5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
- Ps 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Ps 5:7But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
- Hab 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
- Rev 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
- Mark 14:36“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”
- 1 Kgs 8:27–30But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
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