Jonah 2:2
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2 saying,
(A)“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
(B)out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
(C)and you heard my voice.
Psalm 18:4-6
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4 (A)The cords of death encompassed me;
(B)the torrents of destruction assailed me;[a]
5 (C)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 (D)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his (E)temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:4 Or terrified me
Psalm 120:1
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Deliver Me, O Lord
A Song of (A)Ascents.
120 In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
Psalm 34:6
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Psalm 86:13
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13 (A)For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have (B)delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
Psalm 88:1-7
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I Cry Out Day and Night Before You
A Song. A Psalm of (A)the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to (B)Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil[a] of (C)Heman the Ezrahite.
88 O Lord, (D)God of my salvation,
I (E)cry out day and night before you.
2 Let my prayer come before you;
(F)incline your ear to my cry!
3 For my soul is full of troubles,
and (G)my life draws near to (H)Sheol.
4 I am counted among those who (I)go down to the pit;
I am a man who has no strength,
5 like one set loose among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom (J)you remember no more,
for they are (K)cut off from your hand.
6 You have put me in (L)the depths of the pit,
in the (M)regions dark and (N)deep.
7 Your wrath (O)lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with (P)all your waves. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 88:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms
Hebrews 5:7
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7 In the days of his flesh, (A)Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, (B)with loud cries and tears, to him (C)who was able to save him from death, and (D)he was heard because of his reverence.
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- Hebrews 5:7 Greek he
1 Samuel 30:6
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6 And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke (A)of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,[a] each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
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- 1 Samuel 30:6 Compare 22:2
Luke 22:44
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44 And (A)being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.[a]
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- Luke 22:44 Some manuscripts omit verses 43 and 44
Matthew 12:40
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40 For (A)just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, (B)so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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Psalm 116:3
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3 (A)The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
Psalm 22:24
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24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of (A)the afflicted,
and he has not (B)hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he (C)cried to him.
Isaiah 14:9
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9 Sheol beneath is stirred up
to meet you when you come;
it rouses the shades to greet you,
all who were leaders of the earth;
it raises from their thrones
all who were kings of the nations.
Psalm 65:2
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Psalm 61:2
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2 from the end of the earth I call to you
when my heart is (A)faint.
Lead me to (B)the rock
that is higher than I,
Psalm 16:10
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Footnotes
- Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit
Psalm 4:1
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Answer Me When I Call
To the (A)choirmaster: with (B)stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
4 Answer me when I call, O God of my (C)righteousness!
You have (D)given me relief when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
Genesis 32:7-12
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7 Then Jacob was (A)greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps, 8 thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape.”
9 And Jacob said, (B)“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who (C)said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ 10 (D)I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for (E)I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. 12 But (F)you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”
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Acts 2:27
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Psalm 142:1-3
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You Are My Refuge
A Maskil[a] of David, when he was in (A)the cave. A Prayer.
142 With my voice I (B)cry out to the Lord;
with my voice I (C)plead for mercy to the Lord.
2 I (D)pour out my complaint before him;
I tell my trouble before him.
3 When my spirit (E)faints within me,
you know my way!
In the path where I walk
they have (F)hidden a trap for me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 142:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
1 Samuel 1:16
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16 Do not regard your servant as (A)a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.”
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Genesis 32:24-28
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24 And Jacob was left alone. And (A)a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, (B)“I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, (C)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (D)you have striven with God and (E)with men, and have prevailed.”
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- Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
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