Psalm 102:1
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Psalm 102
Prayer to the Eternal King for Help
A prayer of one afflicted, when faint and pleading before the Lord.
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry come to you.(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 18:6
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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.(A)
Psalm 130:1-2
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Psalm 130
Waiting for Divine Redemption
A Song of Ascents.
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.(A)
2 Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!(B)
Exodus 2:23
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23 After a long time the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Their cry for help rose up to God from their slavery.(A)
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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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- 5.7 Gk he
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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Lamentations 3:44
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44 you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.
Lamentations 3:8
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8 though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;(A)
Psalm 143:7
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7 Answer me quickly, O Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me,
or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(A)
Psalm 143:4
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4 Therefore my spirit faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.(A)
Psalm 142:2-3
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2 I pour out my complaint before him;
I tell my trouble before him.(A)
3 When my spirit is faint,
you know my way.
In the path where I walk,
they have hidden a trap for me.(B)
Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecution
To the leader: according to Lilies. Of David.
1 Save me, O God,
for the waters have come up to my neck.(A)
2 I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.(B)
Psalm 55:1-5
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Psalm 55
Complaint about a Friend’s Treachery
To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God;
do not hide yourself from my supplication.(A)
2 Attend to me and answer me;
I am troubled in my complaint.
I am distraught(B) 3 by the noise of the enemy,
because of the clamor of the wicked.
For they bring[a] trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.(C)
4 My heart is in anguish within me;
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.(D)
5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms me.(E)
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- 55.3 Cn Compare Gk: Heb they cause to totter
Psalm 41:1-2
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Psalm 41
Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 Happy are those who consider the poor;[a]
the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.(A)
2 The Lord protects them and keeps them alive;
they are called happy in the land.
You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.(B)
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- 41.1 Or weak
Psalm 39:12
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12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
do not hold your peace at my tears.
For I am your passing guest,
an alien, like all my forebears.(A)
Psalm 5:2
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2 Listen to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.(A)
2 Chronicles 30:27
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27 Then the priests and the Levites stood up and blessed the people, and their voice was heard; their prayer came to his holy dwelling in heaven.(A)
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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, and you shall anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen the suffering of[a] my people, because their outcry has come to me.”(A)
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- 9.16 Gk: Heb lacks the suffering of
1 Samuel 1:15-16
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15 But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.(A) 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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Judges 10:16
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16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he could no longer bear to see Israel suffer.(A)
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Lamentations 3:18-20
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18 so I say, “Gone is my glory
and all that I had hoped for from the Lord.”
19 The thought of my affliction and my homelessness
is wormwood and gall!(A)
20 My soul continually thinks of it
and is bowed down within me.(B)
Psalm 145:19
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19 He fulfills the desire of all who fear him;
he also hears their cry and saves them.(A)
Mark 14:33-34
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33 He took with him Peter and James and John and began to be distressed and agitated. 34 And he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and keep awake.”(A)
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Psalm 77:3
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3 I think of God, and I moan;
I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah(A)
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