7In 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. …
A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-51)Let us observe, in this song of praise, I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (2 Sam. 22:32): Who is God, save the Lord ? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders. None is to be relied on but he. Who is a rock, save our God ? They are dead, but the Lord liveth , 2 Sam. 22:47…
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