2 Samuel 22:7 · KJV
“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.”
— 2 Samuel 22:7
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; {sorrows: or, cords}
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
2 Samuel 22 — Context
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; {waves: or, pangs} {ungodly...: Heb. Belial}
6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; {sorrows: or, cords}
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.
8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc}
Cross References
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.
Psalms 116:4
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Jonah 2:7
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Psalms 27:4
One {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. {the beauty: or, the delight}
Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which {are} in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Psalms 120:1
[A Song of degrees.] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalms 34:15-17
The eyes of the LORD {are} upon the righteous, and his ears {are open} unto their cry.
Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD {is} in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. {let...: Heb. be silent all the earth before him}