2 Samuel 22:7

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“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my crycameinto his ears.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry <FI>is<Fi> in His ears,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 22:7 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  2. 1 Kings 8:28Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
  3. Psalms 18:6In 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.
  4. Psalms 27:4One 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.
  5. Psalms 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
  6. Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
  7. Psalms 107:6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
  8. Psalms 116:4Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
  9. Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
  10. Jonah 2:4At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
  11. Jonah 2:7As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
  12. Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
  13. Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
  14. Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
  15. Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
  16. James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

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