-
Psalm 4
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.
Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
-
In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
-
Psalm 20
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
-
Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.
-
Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.
-
May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
-
Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
-
They spread a net for my feet— I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves.
-
When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.
-
In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
-
When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me.
-
Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
-
In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.
-
Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
-
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
-
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
-
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
-
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress.
-
The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
-
Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
-
Psalm 120
A song of ascents.
I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me.
-
our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.
