Psalm 102:1
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Do Not Hide Your Face from Me
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is (A)faint and (B)pours out his complaint before the Lord.
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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 18:6
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6 (A)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his (B)temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
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!
Exodus 2:23
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God Hears Israel's Groaning
23 (A)During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel (B)groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. (C)Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
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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
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
Lamentations 3:44
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44 (A)you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.
Lamentations 3:8
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8 though (A)I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
Psalm 143:7
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7 (A)Answer me quickly, O Lord!
(B)My spirit fails!
(C)Hide not your face from me,
(D)lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
Psalm 143:4
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4 Therefore my spirit (A)faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.
Psalm 142:2-3
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2 I (A)pour out my complaint before him;
I tell my trouble before him.
3 When my spirit (B)faints within me,
you know my way!
In the path where I walk
they have (C)hidden a trap for me.
Psalm 69:1-2
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Save Me, O God
To the choirmaster: according to (A)Lilies. Of David.
69 Save me, O God!
For (B)the waters have come up to my neck.[a]
2 I sink in deep (C)mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood (D)sweeps over me.
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- Psalm 69:1 Or waters threaten my life
Psalm 55:1-5
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Cast Your Burden on the Lord
To the choirmaster: with (A)stringed instruments. A Maskil[a] of David.
55 (B)Give ear to my prayer, O God,
and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!
2 Attend to me, and answer me;
I am restless (C)in my complaint and I (D)moan,
3 because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they (E)drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4 My heart is in anguish within me;
(F)the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and (G)horror (H)overwhelms me.
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- Psalm 55:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 41:1-2
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O Lord, Be Gracious to Me
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
41 (A)Blessed is the one who considers the poor![a]
(B)In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
2 the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
he is called blessed in the land;
you (C)do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
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- Psalm 41:1 Or weak
Psalm 39:12
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12 (A)“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am (B)a sojourner with you,
(C)a guest, like all my fathers.
Psalm 5:2
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2 Chronicles 30:27
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27 Then (A)the priests and the Levites arose and (B)blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to (C)his holy habitation in heaven.
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1 Samuel 9:16
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16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, (A)and you shall anoint him to be prince[a] over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. (B)For I have seen[b] my people, because their cry has come to me.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:16 Or leader
- 1 Samuel 9:16 Septuagint adds the affliction of
1 Samuel 1:15-16
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15 But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but (A)I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord. 16 Do not regard your servant as (B)a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.”
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Judges 10:16
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16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and (A)he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
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Psalm 145:19
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Mark 14:33-34
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33 And he took with him (A)Peter and James and John, and began (B)to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34 And he said to them, (C)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and (D)watch.”[a]
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- Mark 14:34 Or keep awake; also verses 37, 38
Psalm 77:3
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3 When I remember God, I (A)moan;
when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
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