2 Samuel 22:7

In my distress I called to Yahweh; 1 I called to my God; 1 he heard my voice from his temple, 1 and my call for help went into his ears. 1

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In 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.

In Context

6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; 1 the snares of death trapped me. 1

8Then the earth shook and trembled. 1 The foundations of the heavens trembled 1 and were shaken, because God was angry. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:28Yet please respect this prayer of your servant and his request, Yahweh my God; listen to the cry and prayer that your servant prays before you today.

Psalms 27:4One thing have I asked of Yahweh, and I will seek that: 1 that I may live in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, 1 to see the beauty of Yahweh 1 and to meditate in his temple. 1

Psalms 34:15The eyes of Yahweh are on the righteous 1 and his ears are directed toward their cry. 1

Psalms 116:4Then I called on the name of Yahweh: 1 “Please Yahweh, rescue my life.” 1

Jonah 2:4I said, 'I am driven out from before your eyes; 1 yet I will again look toward your holy temple.' 1

Habakkuk 2:20But Yahweh is in his holy temple! Be silent before him, all the land.”

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51

David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →

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