What Does Psalm 30:8 Mean in the King James?
I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The cry is already relational: it turns toward the LORD, and supplication names its request for favor.
THE MEANING
The reader speaks need toward the LORD and asks to be met with favor. Distress is given direction and language; it reaches beyond the self as an appeal.
THE ROOT
אֶתְחַנָּן
ʾetḥannān
GROWS FROM
חנן
ḥ-n-n
To show favor or be gracious; in this form, to seek favor.
The verb translated “made supplication” comes from the root of favor and graciousness. The appeal is not merely a report of pain; it is a request to be met with favor.
ALSO GROWS
ḥēn: Favor or gracious acceptance.
חֵן
Supplication seeks to receive what this word names: favor from the one addressed.
ḥannûn: Gracious, favor-giving.
חַנּוּן
The appeal is directed toward a gracious character, not merely toward an answer.
אֶקְרָא
ʾeqrāʾ
GROWS FROM
קרא
q-r-ʾ
To call, summon, or proclaim.
The root behind “cried” describes a call directed toward someone. Its branches extend from calling aloud to a gathering called together, carrying the sense of an outward address rather than only an inner feeling.
ALSO GROWS
qerîʾāh: A calling or reading aloud.
קְרִיאָה
The cry is voiced and directed; it becomes an address that can be heard.
miqrāʾ: A convocation or reading aloud.
מִקְרָא
The calling root can gather people together, revealing how a call reaches beyond the one who speaks.
THE PATTERN
A cry from distress can be directed toward God as an appeal for hearing and favor.
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.THE THREAD
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.The verse opens with בַּצַּר (baṣṣar, in distress) and uses קָרָא (qārāʾ, call) for the voice turned toward the LORD. It shares Psalm 30:8’s calling root and makes the movement visible: from the tight place, the voice reaches toward God.
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