# General Information:

David's song to Yahweh continues. He uses parallelism to emphasize what he is saying. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# In my distress

"In my great trouble"

# he heard my voice from his temple

David is referring to the heavenly temple where Yahweh dwells. The earthly temple has not yet been built.

# my call for help went into his ears

Here the metonym "his ears" refers to Yahweh and his hearing of David's call for help. AT: "he heard my prayer for help" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# his ears

David speaks of Yahweh as if he had ears. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/temple]]