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Your Cry Reaches His Ears
Commentators explain that the Hebrew phrasing, translated as "my cry came into his ears," is an emphatic statement of certainty. It's not just that David prayed, but that his cry personally and directly reached God in His heavenly temple. This serves as a model of confidence for believers: our cries in distress are not lost, but are heard by God.
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2 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Samuel 22:7
19th Century
Bishop
Called ... cried. —The original words are the same here, although differing in the parallel place in the psalm.
My c…
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 22:7
17th Century
Pastor
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God :
and he did hear my voice out of his temple,…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 22:1–51
17th Century
Minister
This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards very similar to Psalm 18. Those who trust God in the way of duty will find him a present h…