Lamentations 3:55
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55 (A)“I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;
Acts 16:24-28
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24 Having received this order, he put them into the inner (A)prison and fastened their feet in (B)the stocks.
The Philippian Jailer Converted
25 (C)About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26 and suddenly (D)there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately (E)all the doors were opened, and (F)everyone's bonds were unfastened. 27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and (G)was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”
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Jonah 2:2-4
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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.
3 (D)For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
(E)all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
4 (F)Then I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
(G)yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’
Jeremiah 38:6
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Psalm 142:3-7
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3 When my spirit (A)faints within me,
you know my way!
In the path where I walk
they have (B)hidden a trap for me.
4 (C)Look to the (D)right and see:
(E)there is none who takes notice of me;
(F)no refuge remains to me;
no one cares for my soul.
5 I cry to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my (G)refuge,
my (H)portion in (I)the land of the living.”
6 (J)Attend to my cry,
for (K)I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
(L)for they are too strong for me!
7 (M)Bring me out of prison,
that I may give thanks to your name!
The righteous will surround me,
for you will (N)deal bountifully with me.
Psalm 130:1-2
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My Soul Waits for the Lord
A Song of (A)Ascents.
130 Out of (B)the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2 O Lord, hear my voice!
(C)Let your ears be attentive
to (D)the voice of my pleas for mercy!
Psalm 116:3-4
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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.
4 Then (B)I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
Psalm 69:13-18
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13 But as for me, my (A)prayer is to you, O Lord.
At (B)an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14 Deliver me
from sinking in (C)the mire;
(D)let me be delivered from my enemies
and from (E)the deep waters.
15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or (F)the pit close (G)its mouth over me.
16 Answer me, O Lord, for your (H)steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant (I)mercy, (J)turn to me.
17 (K)Hide not your face from your servant,
(L)for I am in distress; (M)make haste to answer me.
18 Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
Psalm 40:1-2
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Psalm 18:5-6
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5 (A)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 (B)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his (C)temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
2 Chronicles 33:11-12
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11 (A)Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and (B)bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. 12 And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God (C)and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
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