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.
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Gill's Exposition
Then the earth shook and trembled,.... As it did quickly after Christ called upon the Lord, and cried to his God upon the cross, Mat 27:50; and so some time after, when his people were praying…
Barnes' Notes
In my distress - This refers, most probably, not to any particular case, but rather indicates his general habit of mind, that when he was in deep distress and danger he had uniformly called upon the…
The title gives us the occasion of penning this psalm; we had it before (Sa2 22:1), only here we are told that the psalm was delivered to the chief musician, or precentor, in the temple-songs. Note,…
Cambridge Bible
called … cried The tense in the original denotes frequentand repeatedprayer. The text of 2 Sam. has calledtwice, no doubt by an error of transcription.
out of his temple The palace-temple of heaven,…
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