Psalm 77:2
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2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.(A)
Psalm 50:15
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15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”(A)
Genesis 37:35
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35 All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father bewailed him.(A)
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Isaiah 26:16
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16 O Lord, in distress they sought you;
they poured out a prayer[a]
when your chastening was on them.(A)
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- 26.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 26:9
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9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.(A)
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
Jonah 2:1-2
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A Psalm of Thanksgiving
2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 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.
Jeremiah 31:15
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15 Thus says the Lord:
A voice is heard in Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
because they are no more.(A)
Esther 4:1-4
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Esther Agrees to Help the Jews
4 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes and went through the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry;(A) 2 he went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. 3 In every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and most of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.(B)
4 When Esther’s maids and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed; she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
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2 Corinthians 12:7-8
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7 even considering the exceptional character of the revelations. Therefore, to keep[a] me from being too elated, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated.[b] 8 Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would leave me,(A)
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John 11:31
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31 The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
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Hosea 6:1
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A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.(A)
Hosea 5:13
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13 When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah his wound,
then Ephraim went to Assyria
and sent to the great king.[a]
But he is not able to cure you
or heal your wound.(A)
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- 5.13 Cn: Heb to a king who will contend
Isaiah 1:5-6
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5 Why do you seek further beatings?
Why do you continue to rebel?
The whole head is injured,
and the whole heart faint.(A)
6 From the sole of the foot to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
only bruises and sores
and bleeding wounds;
they have not been drained or bound up
or softened with oil.(B)
Proverbs 18:14
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14 The human spirit will endure sickness,
but a broken spirit—who can bear?
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)
Psalm 102:1-2
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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)
2 Do not hide your face from me
in the day of my distress.
Incline your ear to me;
answer me speedily in the day when I call.(B)
Psalm 88:1-3
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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)
Psalm 86:7
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7 In the day of my trouble I call on you,
for you will answer me.(A)
Psalm 63:6
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6 when I think of you on my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(A)
Psalm 38:3-8
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3 There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.(A)
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;
they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.(B)
5 My wounds grow foul and fester
because of my foolishness;(C)
6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
all day long I go around mourning.(D)
7 For my loins are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.(E)
8 I am utterly spent and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.(F)
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 6:2-3
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2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.(A)
3 My soul also is struck with terror,
while you, O Lord—how long?(B)
Job 11:13
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13 “If you direct your heart rightly,
you will stretch out your hands toward him.(A)
2 Chronicles 6:28
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28 “If there is famine in the land, if there is plague, blight, mildew, locust, or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in any of the settlements of the lands; whatever suffering, whatever sickness there is;(A)
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