King James Version
Psalms 18:6 in the King James Version says “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 befor...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 18:6 · KJV
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. ungodly men: Heb. Belial
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. sorrows: or, cords
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.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
There 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 his, etc
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“upon the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“unto my God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“and cried”
H7768properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e., freedom from some trouble)
“he heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“him even into his ears”
H241broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
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