Psalms 18:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֶבְלֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל סְבָב֑וּנִי קִ֝דְּמ֗וּנִי מ֣וֹקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

Transliteration

chebley she'ol sebabuni qidemuni moqshey mawet.

Grammar Details

*chebley*: construct state, masculine plural - cords of
*she'ol*: proper noun, feminine singular - Sheol/underworld
*sebabuni*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they surrounded me
*qidemuni*: piel perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they confronted me
*moqshey*: construct state, masculine plural - snares of
*mawet*: masculine singular noun - death

Word Meanings

*chebley*: cords of/ropes of/pains of
*she'ol*: Sheol/underworld/grave/realm of the dead
*sebabuni*: they surrounded me/they encompassed me/they encircled me
*qidemuni*: they confronted me/they came before me/they met me
*moqshey*: snares of/traps of/nets of

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Referenced Verses

Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
2 Sam 22:7 : 7 In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.
Ps 34:15 : 15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry.
Ps 11:4 : 4 Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Ps 18:3-4 : 3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Ps 27:4-5 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple. 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
2 Chr 30:27 : 27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven.
Ps 120:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
Ps 130:1-2 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah. 2 Lord, hear my voice: Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.
Hab 2:20 : 20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Acts 12:5 : 5 Peter therefore {G3303} was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.
Ps 5:7 : 7 But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
1 Kgs 8:27-30 : 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded! 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day; 29 that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place. 30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling - place; and when thou hearest, forgive.
Exod 2:23 : 23 And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Rev 11:19 : 19 And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Mark 14:36 : 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove this cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.

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