תהלים 18:6

Hebrew Modern Translation

בצר לי אקרא יהוה ואל אלהי אשוע ישמע מהיכלו קולי ושועתי לפניו תבוא באזניו׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
[18:7] אקרא יהוה ואל-אלהי אשוע ישמע מהיכלו קולי ושועתי לפניו תבוא באזניו

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
[18:7] בַּצַּר־לִ֤י ׀ אֶֽקְרָ֣א יְהוָה֮ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַ֪י אֲשַׁ֫וֵּ֥עַ יִשְׁמַ֣ע מֵהֵיכָלֹ֣ו קוֹלִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֤יו ׀ תָּבֹ֬וא בְאָזְנָֽיו ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
[18:7] בַּצַּר־לִי ׀ אֶֽקְרָא יְהוָה וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַי אֲשַׁוֵּעַ יִשְׁמַע מֵהֵיכָלוֹ קוֹלִי וְשַׁוְעָתִי לְפָנָיו ׀ תָּבוֹא בְאָזְנָֽיו ׃

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

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.