Psalm 18:6 “In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. Fro…”

Psalm 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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 came before him, even into his ears.

World English Bible

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“distress”

Psalm 50:15 Acts 12:5 Mark 14:36 Psalm 18:3 Psalm 18:4 Psalm 130:1

Psalm 50:15 · BSB

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Acts 12:5 · BSB

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

Mark 14:36 · BSB

“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Psalm 18:3 · BSB

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

Psalm 18:4 · BSB

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Psalm 130:1 · BSB

Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

“heard”

2 Samuel 22:7 Psalm 5:7 Psalm 11:4 Habakkuk 2:20 Revelation 11:19 Psalm 27:4

2 Samuel 22:7 · BSB

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.

Psalm 5:7 · BSB

But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

Psalm 11:4 · BSB

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

Habakkuk 2:20 · BSB

But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

Revelation 11:19 · BSB

Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

Psalm 27:4 · BSB

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.

“my cry”

2 Chronicles 30:27 Exodus 2:23 1 Kings 8:27–30

2 Chronicles 30:27 · BSB

Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

Exodus 2:23 · BSB

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

1 Kings 8:27–30 · BSB

But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Also

Psalm 34:15 Psalm 120:1

Psalm 34:15 · BSB

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

Psalm 120:1 · BSB

In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

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