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.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- 2 Sam 22:7In 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.
- Ps 34:15Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- Ps 130:1–2A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
- Ps 120:1A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
- Ps 27:4–5One 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.
- Ps 18:3–4I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
- 2 Chr 30:27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
- Exod 2:23In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
- Acts 12:5Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
- Ps 11:4Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
- Ps 5:7But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
- Hab 2:20But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”
- Rev 11:19God’s temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.
- Mark 14:36He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
- 1 Kgs 8:27–30But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
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