Jonah 2:2
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2 saying,
“I called to the Lord out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
Psalm 18:4-6
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4 The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of perdition assailed me;(A)
5 the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.(B)
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.(C)
Psalm 120:1
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Psalm 120
Prayer for Deliverance from Slanderers
A Song of Ascents.
1 In my distress I cry to the Lord,
that he may answer me:(A)
Psalm 34:6
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6 This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
and was saved from every trouble.
Psalm 86:13
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13 For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.(A)
Psalm 88:1-7
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Psalm 88
Prayer for Help in Despondency
A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 O Lord, God of my salvation,
at night, when I cry out before you,(A)
2 let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry.(B)
3 For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.(C)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
I am like those who have no help,(D)
5 like those forsaken among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.(E)
6 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
in the regions dark and deep.(F)
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah(G)
Hebrews 5:7
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7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.(A)
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1 Samuel 30:6
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6 David was in great danger, for the people spoke of stoning him because all the people were bitter in spirit for their sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.(A)
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Luke 22:44
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44 In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.]][a](A)
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Matthew 12:40
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40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.(A)
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Psalm 116:3
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3 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.(A)
Psalm 22:24
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24 For he did not despise or abhor
the affliction of the afflicted;
he did not hide his face from me[a]
but heard when I[b] cried to him.(A)
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.(A)
Psalm 65:2
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2 O you who answer prayer!
To you all flesh shall come.(A)
Psalm 61:2
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2 From the end of the earth I call to you,
when my heart is faint.
Lead me to the rock
that is higher than I,(A)
Psalm 16:10
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10 For you do not give me up to Sheol
or let your faithful one see the Pit.(A)
Psalm 4:1
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Psalm 4
Confident Plea for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right!
You gave me room when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.(A)
Genesis 32:7-12
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7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed, and he divided the people who were with him and the flocks and herds and camels into two companies,(A) 8 thinking, “If Esau comes to the one company and destroys it, then the company that is left will escape.”
9 And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, and I will do you good,’(B) 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the 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 companies.(C) 11 Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him; he may come and kill us all, the mothers with the children.(D) 12 Yet you have said, ‘I will surely do you good and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because of their number.’ ”(E)
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Acts 2:27
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27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades
or let your Holy One experience corruption.(A)
Psalm 142:1-3
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Psalm 142
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecutors
A Maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A Prayer.
1 With my voice I cry to the Lord;
with my voice I make supplication to the Lord.(A)
2 I pour out my complaint before him;
I tell my trouble before him.(B)
3 When my spirit is faint,
you know my way.
In the path where I walk,
they have hidden a trap for me.(C)
1 Samuel 1:16
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16 Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation all this time.”
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Genesis 32:24-28
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24 Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.(A) 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the 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 is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”(B) 27 So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then the man[a] said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[b] for you have striven with God and with humans[c] and have prevailed.”(C)
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