In my distress I called to the Lord; I called to my God. ¹  From his heavenly temple ²  he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help. ³ 

biblegateway 2Sa 22:7

"In my distress I called upon the LORD, Yes, I cried to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears.

I called to the LORD in my distress; I called to my God. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

I called on the LORD in my distress. I called to my God for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help reached his ears.

biblegateway 2Sa 22:7

In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.

"In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears.

bibleoremus 2Sa 22:7

In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears.

When in anguish of heart I cried to the LORD and called to my God, he heard me from his temple, and my cry reached his ears.

biblegateway 2Sa 22:7

In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry entered His ears.

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.

biblegateway 2Sa 22:7

In my distress I called to the Lord; I called to my God. ¹  From his heavenly temple ²  he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help. ³ 

¹ tn In this poetic narrative the two prefixed verbal forms in v. 7a are best understood as preterites indicating past tense, not imperfects. Note the use of the vav consecutive with the prefixed verbal form that follows in v. 7b.

² tn Heb “from his temple.” Verse 10, which pictures God descending from the sky, indicates that the heavenly, not earthly, temple is in view.

³ tn Heb “and my cry for help [entered] his ears.”