Psalms 18:6

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, where He sits enthroned. See on Psalms 11:4. Cp. Psalms 18:16.

and my cry&c. R.V., and my cry before him came into his ears. But the terse vigour of the text in 2 Sam. is preferable: "and my cry was in his ears." An alternative reading or an explanatory gloss has crept into the text here, to the detriment of the rhythm.