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King James Version

Psalms 18:6

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Prayer;   Readings, Select;   Thompson Chain Reference - Prayer;   The Topic Concordance - Hearing;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Answers to;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - War;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cry;   Heresies of the Church - Seleucians;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - seleucians;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sheol;   Theophany;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 29;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
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.
English Revised Version
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
Update Bible Version
In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
New Century Version
In my trouble I called to the Lord . I cried out to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my call for help reached his ears.
New English Translation
In my distress I called to the Lord ; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.
Webster's Bible Translation
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
World English Bible
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.
Amplified Bible
In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the LORD And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.
English Standard Version
In my distress I called upon the Lord ; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sorewis of helle cumpassiden me; the snaris of deeth `bifor ocupieden me.
Berean Standard Bible
In my distress I called upon the LORD and I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
Contemporary English Version
I was in terrible trouble when I called out to you, but from your temple you heard me and answered my prayer.
American Standard Version
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
Bible in Basic English
In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.
Complete Jewish Bible
the ropes of Sh'ol were wrapped around me, the snares of death lay there before me.
Darby Translation
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.
Easy-to-Read Version
In my trouble I called to the Lord . Yes, I cried out to my God for help. There in his temple he heard my voice. He heard my cry for help.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
King James Version (1611)
In my distresse I called vpon the Lord, and cryed vnto my God: hee heard my voyce out of his temple, and my crie came before him, euen into his eares.
New Life Bible
I called to the Lord in my trouble. I cried to God for help. He heard my voice from His holy house. My cry for help came into His ears.
New Revised Standard
In my distress I called upon the Lord ; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But in my trouble did I call vpon the Lord, and cryed vnto my God: he heard my voyce out of his Temple, and my crye did come before him, euen into his eares.
George Lamsa Translation
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Good News Translation
In my trouble I called to the Lord ; I called to my God for help. In his temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In my distress, called I on Yahweh, And, unto my God, made outcry for help, He heard, out of his temple, my voice, And my outcry for help came before him - entered into his ears!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-7) In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.
Revised Standard Version
In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God, and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde: he hearde my voyce out of his temple, and my crye came before his face, euen vnto his eares.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, even into his ears.
Christian Standard Bible®
I called to the Lord in my distress,and I cried to my God for help.From his temple he heard my voice,and my cry to him reached his ears.
Hebrew Names Version
In my distress I called on the LORD, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.
Lexham English Bible
In my trouble I called on Yahweh, and to my God I cried for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help came up before his presence into his ears.
Literal Translation
In my distress I called on Jehovah and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry went before Him, into His ears.
Young's Literal Translation
In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So he herde my voyce out off his holy teple, & my coplaynte came before hi, yee eue into his eares.
THE MESSAGE
A hostile world! I call to God , I cry to God to help me. From his palace he hears my call; my cry brings me right into his presence— a private audience!
New American Standard Bible
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.
New King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In my distress I called upon the Lord , And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
Legacy Standard Bible
In my distress I called upon Yahweh,And cried to my God for help;He heard my voice out of His temple,And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Contextual Overview

1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 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. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

distress: Psalms 18:3, Psalms 18:4, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 130:1, Psalms 130:2, Mark 14:36, Acts 12:5

heard: Psalms 5:7, Psalms 11:4, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 27:5, 2 Samuel 22:7, Habakkuk 2:20, Revelation 11:19

my cry: Exodus 2:23, 1 Kings 8:27-30, 2 Chronicles 30:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:23 - I will surely 1 Samuel 30:6 - David 2 Chronicles 14:11 - cried unto Job 9:16 - If I had Psalms 34:4 - sought Psalms 57:3 - send Psalms 77:2 - In the Psalms 86:7 - General Psalms 102:1 - let my Psalms 107:13 - General Psalms 116:1 - because Psalms 118:5 - called Psalms 119:169 - Let my cry Psalms 120:1 - my distress Psalms 138:3 - In the day Isaiah 2:19 - when he Lamentations 3:55 - General Jonah 2:2 - out Jonah 2:7 - my prayer Mark 14:32 - while James 5:13 - any among

Cross-References

Isaiah 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Matthew 13:33
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Romans 12:13
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Hebrews 13:2
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
1 Peter 4:9
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In my distress I called upon the Lord,.... The great Jehovah, the everlasting I AM, who is the most High in all the earth, and who is able to save, Hebrews 5:7;

and cried unto my God; as Jesus did, Matthew 27:46; so the members of Christ, when in distress, as they often are, through sin and Satan, through the hidings of God's face, a variety of afflictions, and the persecutions of men, betake themselves to the Lord, and call upon their God: a time of distress is a time for prayer; and sometimes the end God has in suffering them to be in distress is to bring them to the throne of his grace; and a great privilege it is they have that they have such a throne to come to for grace and mercy to help them in time of need, and such a God to sympathize with them, and help them; and their encouragement to call upon him, and cry unto him, is, that he is Jehovah, omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent; who knows their wants, is able to help them, and is a God at hand to do it;

He heard my voice out of his temple; that is, out of heaven his dwelling place; for the temple at Jerusalem was not built in David's time; and it may be observed, that the prayer of the psalmist, or whom he represents, was a vocal one, and not merely mental; and hearing it intends a gracious regard unto it, an acceptance of it, and an agreeable answer: for it follows,

and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears; God did not cover himself with a cloud, that his prayer could not pass through; but it was admitted and received; it came up before him with acceptance; it reached his ears, and even entered into them, and was delightful music to them: see John 11:41.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In my distress - This refers, most probably, not to any particular case, but rather indicates his general habit of mind, that when he was in deep distress and danger he had uniformly called upon the Lord, and had found him ready to help.

I called upon the Lord - I prayed. That is, he invoked God to help him in his trouble. He relied not on his own strength; he looked not for human aid; he looked to God alone.

And cried unto my God - The word used here denotes an earnest cry for help. Compare Job 35:9; Job 36:13.

He heard my voice out of his temple - That is, he, being in his temple, heard my voice. The word rendered temple (compare the notes at Psalms 5:7) cannot refer here to the temple at Jerusalem, for that was built after the death of David, but it refers either to heaven, considered as the temple, or dwelling-place of God, or to the tabernacle, considered as his abode on earth. The sense is not materially varied, whichever interpretation is adopted. Compare Psalms 11:4.

And my cry came before him - He heard my cry. It was not intercepted on the way, but came up to him.

Even into his ears - Indicating that he certainly heard it. Compare Genesis 23:10; Genesis 44:18; Genesis 50:4; Exodus 10:2 : Psalms 34:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:6. In my distress I called — His enemies had no hope of his destruction unless God should abandon him. They hoped that this was the case, and that therefore they should prevail. But God heard his cry and came down to his help; and this interference is most majestically described in the Psalms 18:7 and following verses. Dr. Dodd has collected some excellent observations on these verses from Chandler, Delaney, and others, which I shall transcribe, as I know not that any thing better can be offered on the subject.


 
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