Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 18:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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.”
Psalms 18:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. {ungodly men: Heb. Belial}
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. {sorrows: or, cords}
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 the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by his, etc}
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