What does 2 Samuel 22:7 mean?

2 Samuel 22:7 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply 2 Samuel 22:7 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

In 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.

5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

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.

8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

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