2 Samuel 22:7

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The speaker addresses God during a crisis marked by the entanglement of Sheol and the approach of death.

The words — צַר (ba./tzar-) denotes distress, and הֵיכָל (hei.kha.L) specifies the temple from which God’s hearing originates.

The thread — The pattern of crying out in distress and being heard from a temple appears in Psalms 18:6, Psalms 116:4, and Jonah 2:7.

Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge that urgent prayer is answered by divine attention rather than immediate removal of the crisis.

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The Hebrew words

בַּצַּר־ba./tzar-when <the>/ it was distressלִי֙l/ito <the>/ meאֶקְרָ֣א'ek.Ra'I called out to יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh וְאֶל־ve./'el-and/ to אֱלֹהַ֖י'e.lo.Ha/iGod/ my אֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'I called out וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עva/i.yish.Ma'and/ he heard מֵהֵֽיכָלוֹ֙me./hei.kha.L/ofrom/ temple/ his קוֹלִ֔יko.L/ivoice/ my וְשַׁוְעָתִ֖יve./shav.'a.T/iand/ cry for help/ my בְּאָזְנָֽיו׃be./'a.ze.Na/v[was] in/ ears/ his

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Psalms 18:6 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.
Psalms 116:4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
Jonah 2:7 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
Exodus 3:7 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Psalms 27:4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
Psalms 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Psalms 120:1 A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
Psalms 34:6 This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Habakkuk 2:20 But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
1 Kings 8:28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.