2 Samuel 22:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice from his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּצַּר־לִי֙ אֶקְרָ֣א יְהוָ֔ה וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַ֖י אֶקְרָ֑א וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע מֵהֵֽיכָלוֹ֙ קוֹלִ֔י וְשַׁוְעָתִ֖י בְּאָזְנָֽיו׃

Transliteration

In ṣar-to me I ʾeqrāʾ YHWH, and to-ʾĕlōhay I ʾeqrāʾ; and wayyišmaʿ from hêkālô qôlî, and šawʿātî in ʾoznāyw.

Grammar Details

• *ṣar*: masculine noun - distress
• *ʾeqrāʾ*: Qal imperfect 1cs - I call
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *ʾĕlōhay*: masculine plural noun with 1cs suffix - my God
• *wayyišmaʿ*: Qal imperfect 3ms with waw-consecutive - and he heard
• *hêkālô*: masculine noun with 3ms suffix - his temple/palace
• *qôlî*: masculine noun with 1cs suffix - my voice
• *šawʿātî*: feminine noun with 1cs suffix - my cry
• *ʾoznāyw*: feminine dual noun with 3ms suffix - his ears

Word Meanings

• *ṣar*: distress, trouble, anguish
• *ʾeqrāʾ*: call, cry out, invoke
• *hêkālô*: his temple, his palace, his sanctuary
• *šawʿātî*: my cry for help, my plea, my supplication

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  In my distress{H6862} I called{H7121} upon Jehovah;{H3068} Yea, I called{H7121} unto my God:{H430} And he heard{H8085} my voice{H6963} out of his temple,{H1964} And my cry{H7775} [came] into his ears.{H241}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  In my distress{H6862} I called{H7121}{(H8799)} upon the LORD{H3068}, and cried{H7121}{(H8799)} to my God{H430}: and he did hear{H8085}{(H8799)} my voice{H6963} out of his temple{H1964}, and my cry{H7775} did enter into his ears{H241}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wha I was in trouble, I called vpo the LORDE, yee euen my God called I vpon, & so he herde my voyce fro his holy temple, & my coplaynte (came) into his eares.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But in my tribulation did I call vpon the Lord, and crie to my God, and he did heare my voyce out of his temple, and my crie did enter into his eares.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In my tribulation did I call vppon the Lorde, and crye to my God: and he dyd heare my voyce out of his temple, and my crye did enter into his eares.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In my distress I called on Yahweh; Yes, I called to my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry [came] into his ears.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry `is' in His ears,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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 to his ears.

• World English Bible (2000)

  In my distress I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry [came] into his ears.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In my distress I called to the LORD; I called to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 116:4 : 4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD: O LORD, I beg You, deliver my soul.
• Ps 120:1 : 1 In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.
• Ps 18:6 : 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice from his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
• Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
• Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will 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 inquire in His temple.
• Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
• 1 Kgs 8:28-30 : 28 Yet have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prays before you today: 29 That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place. 30 And listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear in heaven your dwelling place: and when you hear, forgive.
• Jonah 2:4 : 4 Then I said, I am cast out of Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.
• Jonah 2:7 : 7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple.
• Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.
• Matt 26:38-39 : 38 Then he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: stay here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as you will.
• Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was like great drops of blood falling to the ground.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 In the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent submission;
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.