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 34:17-19
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17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and rescues them from all their troubles.(A)
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.(B)
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues them from them all.(C)
Psalm 3:4
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4 I cry aloud to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah(A)
Psalm 10:17
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17 O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear(A)
Psalm 66:16-20
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16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for me.(A)
17 I cried aloud to him,
and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.(B)
19 But truly God has listened;
he has heard the words of my prayer.(C)
20 Blessed be God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me.(D)
2 Samuel 22:1
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David’s Song of Thanksgiving
22 David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.(A)
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Psalm 40:17
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17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God.(A)
Revelation 7:14-17
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)
15 For this reason they are before the throne of God
and worship him day and night within his temple,
and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.(B)
16 They will hunger no more and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,
nor any scorching heat,(C)
17 for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(D)
Genesis 48:16
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16 the angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys,
and in them let my name be perpetuated and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac,
and let them grow into a multitude on the earth.”(A)
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