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Lamentations 3:53-56
They threw me into a pit and dropped stones on me.The water rose over my head, and I cried out,“ This is the end!”But I called on your name, Lord, from deep within the pit.You heard me when I cried,“ Listen to my pleading! Hear my cry for help!”
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Psalms 130:1-2
From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for your help.Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer.
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Job 13:15
God might kill me, but I have no other hope. I am going to argue my case with him.
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Psalms 91:15
When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.
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2 Chronicles 33 11-2 Chronicles 33 13
So the Lord sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the Lord his God and sincerely humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.And when he prayed, the Lord listened to him and was moved by his request. So the Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh finally realized that the Lord alone is God!
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Psalms 50:15
Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”
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Isaiah 26:16
Lord, in distress we searched for you. We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.
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James 5:13
Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises.
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Acts 16:24-25
So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
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Hosea 5:15-6:3
Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and turn to me. For as soon as trouble comes, they will earnestly search for me.”“ Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.In just a short time he will restore us, so that we may live in his presence.Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”