Psalms 18:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H8798)} upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver{H8762)} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H8762)} me.
• 2 Sam 22:7 : 7 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.
• Ps 34:15 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
• Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
• Ps 18:3-4 : 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
• Ps 27:4-5 : 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. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set 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 dwelling place, even unto heaven.
• Ps 120:1 : 1 A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
• Ps 130:1-2 : 1 A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
• Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
• Acts 12:5 : 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
• Ps 5:7 : 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
• 1 Kgs 8:27-30 : 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and 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 LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make 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: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
• Exod 2:23 : 23 And it came to pass in process of time, 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 the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
• Mark 14:36 : 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.