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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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.
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Cross-references · 16
- Ps 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- 2 Sam 22:7In 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.
- Ps 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
- Ps 130:1–2Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
- Ps 120:1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
- Ps 27:4–5One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
- Ps 18:3–4I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- 2 Chr 30:27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
- Exod 2:23And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
- Acts 12:5Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
- Ps 11:4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Ps 5:7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
- Hab 2:20But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
- Rev 11:19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
- Mark 14:36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
- 1 Kgs 8:27–30But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
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