All the Introductions to and Prayers of
Requests in the Bible

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Listed below are all of the 619 Prayers of Requests and their introductions in the Bible to use in your worship services.

Since the following scriptures may contain an incomplete verse and have been removed from their contexts in the NIV Bible, it is up to you to make the final determination if they will properly accomplish the purpose for which you are going to use them. Scriptures that are listed below that are incomplete will have an asterisk after their references.

 

²⁶ At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD. Genesis 4:26b*

⁸ From there he [Abram] went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. Genesis 12:8

³ From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier ⁴ and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD. Genesis 13:3-4

¹⁴ “Is anything too hard for the LORD?” Genesis 18:14a*

³³ Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Eternal God. Genesis 21:33

²⁵ Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. Genesis 26:25a*

¹⁸ “I look for your deliverance, LORD.” Genesis 49:18

²³ The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. ²⁴ God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. ²⁵ So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. Exodus 2:23b-25*

¹⁰ As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD. ¹³ Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. ¹⁴ The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:10, 13-14

²² Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. ²³ When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) ²⁴ So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” ²⁵ Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink. Exodus 15:22-25ab*

⁴ Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.” ⁵ The LORD answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. ⁶ I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. Exodus 17:4-6

⁹ “I have seen these people,” the LORD said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. ¹⁰ Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.” ¹¹ But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. “LORD,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? ¹² Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. ¹³ Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’ ” ¹⁴ Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened. Exodus 32:9-14

⁷ Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.” Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. Exodus 33:7

⁷ Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.” Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. ⁸ And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. ⁹ As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the LORD spoke with Moses. ¹¹ The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent. Exodus 33:7-9, 11

¹³ “If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you.” Exodus 33:13a*

¹⁵ Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. ¹⁶ How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?” ¹⁷ And the LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” Exodus 33:15-17

³⁵ “Rise up, LORD! May your enemies be scattered; may your foes flee before you.” Numbers 10:35*

²³ At that time I pleaded with the LORD: Deuteronomy 3:23

⁷ What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him? Deuteronomy 4:7

²⁹ [I]f . . . you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 4:29*

¹⁸ Then once again I [Moses] fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD’s sight and so arousing his anger. ¹⁹ I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me. Deuteronomy 9:18-19

¹⁸ Then once again I [Moses] fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD’s sight and so arousing his anger. ¹⁹ I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me. ²⁵ I lay prostrate before the LORD those forty days and forty nights because the LORD had said he would destroy you. ²⁶ I prayed to the LORD and said, “Sovereign LORD, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. ²⁷ Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin. ²⁸ Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’ ²⁹ But they are your people, your inheritance that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.” Deuteronomy 9:18-19, 25-29

¹⁸ Then once again I [Moses] fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD’s sight and so arousing his anger. ¹⁹ I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me. ²⁰ And the LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too. Deuteronomy 9:18-20

¹⁰ Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, as I did the first time, and the LORD listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you. Deuteronomy 10:10

⁷ Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. Deuteronomy 26:7

¹¹ “Bless all his skills, LORD, and be pleased with the work of his hands.” Deuteronomy 33:11a*

¹³ “May the LORD bless his land with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below; ¹⁴ with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon can yield; ¹⁵ with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills; ¹⁶ with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.” Deuteronomy 33:13-16a*

⁶ Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the LORD, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads. Joshua 7:6

³¹ “[M]ay all your enemies perish, LORD! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Judges 5:31ab*

³¹ “[M]ay all who love you [LORD] be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Judges 5:31b*

¹¹ The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, ¹² the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands?” Judges 10:11-12

¹⁵ [T]he Israelites said to the LORD, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.” Judges 10:15*

⁸ Then Manoah prayed to the LORD: “Pardon your servant, LORD. I beg you to let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.” Judges 13:8

¹⁸ Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the LORD, “You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” ¹⁹ Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi. ²⁰ Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. Judges 15:18-20

²⁸ Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “Sovereign LORD, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” Judges 16:28

²³ The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and they inquired of the LORD. Judges 20:23a*

¹⁰ In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly. ¹¹ And she made a vow, saying, “LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life . . . .” 1 Samuel 1:10-11*

¹⁰ In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly. ¹³ Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. ¹⁵ Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the LORD. ¹⁶ Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.” 1 Samuel 1:10, 13a, 15-16*

¹⁷ “Go in peace, and may . . . God . . . grant you what you have asked of him.” 1 Samuel 1:17*

⁵ Then Samuel said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the LORD for you.” ⁹ He cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him. 1 Samuel 7:5, 9b*

⁸ They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.” ⁹ Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him. 1 Samuel 7:8-9

¹⁶ “I have looked on my people, for their cry has reached me.” 1 Samuel 9:16b*

⁸ “After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the LORD for help, and the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.” 1 Samuel 12:8

¹⁰ “They cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ ¹¹ Then the LORD sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.” 1 Samuel 12:10-11

¹⁰ “They cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken the LORD . . . . But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ ¹¹ Then the LORD . . . delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.” 1 Samuel 12: 10-11*

²³ “As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you.” 1 Samuel 12:23a*

³⁶ “Let us inquire of God here.” 1 Samuel 14:36c*

⁴¹ Then Saul prayed to the LORD, . . . , “Why have you not answered your servant today?” 1 Samuel 14:41a*

¹¹ Samuel was angry, and he cried out to the LORD all that night. 1 Samuel 15:11b*

¹ When David was told, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,” ² he inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” The LORD answered him, “Go, attack the Philistines and save Keilah.” 1 Samuel 23:1-2

⁴ “I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies.” 2 Samuel 22:4

⁴ “I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies. ⁷ In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears. ¹⁷ He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. ¹⁸ He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. ¹⁹ They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support. ²⁰ He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.” 2 Samuel 22:4, 7, 17-20

⁷ “In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.” 2 Samuel 22:7

⁷ “In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears. ¹⁷ He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. ¹⁸ He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. ¹⁹ They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support. ²⁰ He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.” 2 Samuel 22:7, 17-20

²⁵ David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the LORD answered his prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped. 2 Samuel 24:25

⁵ At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” 1 Kings 3:5

⁹ “[G]ive your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” 1 Kings 3:9*

²⁸ “[G]ive attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day.” 1 Kings 8:28*

³³ “When your people . . . have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you . . . , ³⁴ then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people . . . .” 1 Kings 8:33-34*

⁸ “and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people . . . —being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands . . . —³⁹ then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know every human heart),” 1 Kings 8:38-39*

⁴¹ “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name—⁴² for they will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, ⁴³ then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel . . . .” 1 Kings 8:41-43*

⁴⁶ “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to their own lands, far away or near; ⁴⁷ and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’; ⁴⁸ and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name; ⁴⁹ then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.” 1 Kings 8:46-49

⁵² “May your eyes be open to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people . . . , and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.” 1 Kings 8:52*

⁵⁴ When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 1 Kings 8:54

⁵⁷ “May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us.” 1 Kings 8:57

⁵⁷ “May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us. ⁵⁸ May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors.” 1 Kings 8:57-58

⁵⁷ “May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us. ⁵⁸ May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. ⁵⁹ And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people . . . according to each day’s need, ⁶⁰ so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other.” 1 Kings 8:57-60*

⁵⁸ “May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave . . . .” 1 Kings 8:58*

⁵⁹ “And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people . . . according to each day’s need,” 1 Kings 8:59*

⁵⁹ “And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people . . . according to each day’s need, ⁶⁰ so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other.” 1 Kings 8:59-60*

³ The LORD said to him: “I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; . . . .” 1 Kings 9:3a*

⁶ Then the king said to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored and became as it was before. 1 Kings 13:6

²⁰ Then he cried out to the LORD, “LORD my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” ²¹ Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the LORD, “LORD my God, let this boy’s life return to him!” ²² The LORD heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. 1 Kings 17:20-22

³⁶ At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. ³⁷ Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” ³⁸ Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. ³⁹ When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!” 1 Kings 18:36-39

³⁷ “Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” 1 Kings 18:37

⁴ He [Elijah] came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 1 Kings 19:4bcd*

³³ He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the LORD. 2 Kings 4:33

¹⁷ And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, LORD, so that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 2 Kings 6:17

⁴ Then Jehoahaz sought the LORD’s favor, and the LORD listened to him, for he saw how severely the king of Aram was oppressing Israel. 2 Kings 13:4

¹⁵ “LORD, the God . . . enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ Give ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; . . . .” 2 Kings 19:15-16*

¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: “LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ Give ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God. ¹⁹ Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, LORD, are God.” 2 Kings 19:15-16, 19

¹ In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.” ² Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, ³ “Remember, LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. ⁴ Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: ⁵ “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you.’ ” 2 Kings 20:1-5a*

⁵ “ ‘This is what the LORD . . . says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you.’ ” 2 Kings 20:5a*

⁸ Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now?” ⁹ Isaiah answered, “This is the LORD’s sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?” ¹⁰ “It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah. “Rather, have it go back ten steps.” ¹¹ Then the prophet Isaiah called on the LORD, and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz. 2 Kings 20:8-11

⁸ Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the LORD.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. ¹⁰ Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. ¹¹ When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. ¹² He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: ¹³ “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.” 2 Kings 22:8, 10-13

⁸ Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the LORD.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. ¹⁰ Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. ¹¹ When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. ¹² He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: ¹³ “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.” ¹⁸ Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: ¹⁹ Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse and be laid waste—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the LORD. ²⁰ Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.’ ” So they took her answer back to the king. 2 Kings 22:8, 10-13, 18-20

¹³ “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the people . . . about what is written in this book [the Book of the Law] that has been found.” 2 Kings 22:13a*

¹⁹ “ ‘Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse and be laid waste—and because you . . . wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.’ ” 2 Kings 22:19*

¹⁰ Jabez cried out to . . . God . . . , “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. 1 Chronicles 4:10*

²⁰ They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him. 1 Chronicles 5:20

²⁰ He [God] answered their prayers, because they trusted in him. 1 Chronicles 5:20b*

¹² He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. ¹³ It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the LORD our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.” 1 Chronicles 15:12-13

⁴ He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to extol, thank, and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: 1 Chronicles 16:4

¹¹ Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. 1 Chronicles 16:11

³⁵ Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior; . . . , that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.” 1 Chronicles 16:35*

²⁶ David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. 1 Chronicles 21:26

⁷ That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” ¹⁰ “Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?” ¹¹ God said to Solomon, “Since this is your heart’s desire and you have not asked for wealth, possessions or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king, ¹² therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also give you wealth, possessions and honor, such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have.” 2 Chronicles 1:7, 10-12

¹⁹ “LORD my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.” 2 Chronicles 6:19

¹⁹ “LORD my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. ²¹ Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people . . . .” 2 Chronicles 6:19, 21a*

²⁹ “and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people . . .—being aware of their afflictions and pains, . . .—³⁰ then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart), ³¹ so that they will fear you and walk in obedience to you all the time . . . .” 2 Chronicles 6:29-31*

³² “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people . . . but has come from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray . . . , ³³ then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you . . . .” 2 Chronicles 6:32-33*

³⁴ “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to you . . . , ³⁵ then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.” 2 Chronicles 6:34-35*

³⁶ “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to a land far away or near; ³⁷ and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly’; ³⁸ and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; ³⁹ then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you.” 2 Chronicles 6:36-39

⁴⁰ “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.” 2 Chronicles 6:40

⁴¹ “May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.” 2 Chronicles 6:41b*

¹¹ When Solomon had finished the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the LORD and in his own palace, ¹² the LORD appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.” 2 Chronicles 7:11-12

¹³ “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, ¹⁴ if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:13-14

¹⁴ “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

¹⁵ “Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.” 2 Chronicles 7:15

⁷ “The land is still ours, because we have sought the LORD our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” 2 Chronicles 14:7b*

⁷ “[W]e have sought the LORD our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” 2 Chronicles 14:7b*

¹¹ “LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, LORD our God, for we rely on you . . . . LORD, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.” 2 Chronicles 14:11*

² “The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.” 2 Chronicles 15:2bc*

⁴ “[I]n their distress they turned to the LORD . . . and sought him, and he was found by them.” 2 Chronicles 15:4*

¹² They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. ¹⁵ They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side. 2 Chronicles 15:12, 15bc*

⁴ But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel of the LORD.” 2 Chronicles 18:4

⁴ “First seek the counsel of the LORD.” 2 Chronicles 18:4*

³¹ [T]hey turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him, 2 Chronicles 18:31bc*

³ Alarmed, [King] Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the LORD, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. ⁴ The people of Judah came together to seek help from the LORD; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him. 2 Chronicles 20:3-4

⁹ “ ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence . . . and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’ ” 2 Chronicles 20:9*

⁵ He [King Uzziah] sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success. 2 Chronicles 26:5

¹⁸ Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone ¹⁹ who sets their heart on seeking God . . . .” 2 Chronicles 30:18b-19*

²¹ In everything that he [Hezekiah] undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered. 2 Chronicles 31:21

¹⁶ Sennacherib’s officers spoke further against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah. ¹⁷ The king also wrote letters ridiculing the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: “Just as the gods of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.” ¹⁸ Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. ¹⁹ They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands. ²⁰ King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. ²¹ And the LORD sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword. 2 Chronicles 32:16-21

²⁴ In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign. 2 Chronicles 32:24

¹⁰ The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. ¹¹ So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon. ¹² In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. ¹³ And when he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God. 2 Chronicles 33:10-13

³ In the eighth year of his reign, while he [King Josiah] was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. 2 Chronicles 34:3a*

¹⁹ When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his robes. ²⁰ He gave these orders to Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: ²¹ “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the remnant in Israel and Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD’s anger that is poured out on us because those who have gone before us have not kept the word of the LORD; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written in this book.” 2 Chronicles 34:19-21

²¹ “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the remnant in Israel and Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD’s anger that is poured out on us because those who have gone before us have not kept the word of the LORD; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written in this book.” 2 Chronicles 34:21

²¹ “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the remnant in Israel and Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD’s anger that is poured out on us because those who have gone before us have not kept the word of the LORD; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written in this book.” ²⁷ “Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the LORD.” 2 Chronicles 34:21, 27

²⁷ “Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the LORD.” 2 Chronicles 34:27

²¹ There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. ²³ So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. Ezra 8:21, 23

⁴ For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Nehemiah 1:4b*

⁵ Then I said: “LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, ⁶ let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants . . . .” Nehemiah 1:5-6a*

⁵ “LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, ⁶ let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night . . . .” Nehemiah 1:5-6a*

¹¹ “Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name.” Nehemiah 1:11a*

⁴ Then I prayed to the God of heaven, Nehemiah 2:4b*

⁴ Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Nehemiah 4:4a*

¹⁹ Remember me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people. Nehemiah 5:19

⁹ I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.” Nehemiah 6:9b*

⁹ “You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt; you heard their cry at the Red Sea. ¹¹ You divided the sea before them, so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters.” Nehemiah 9:9, 11

²⁷ “[W]hen they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies. ²⁸ And when they cried out to you again, you heard from heaven, and in your compassion you delivered them time after time.” Nehemiah 9:27bc, 28c*

¹⁴ Remember me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services. Nehemiah 13:14

²² [M]y God, . . . show mercy to me according to your great love. Nehemiah 13:22b*

³¹ Remember me with favor, my God. Nehemiah 13:31b*

¹ When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. ³ In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes. Esther 4:1, 3

⁸ “But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.” Job 5:8

⁸ “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,” Job 6:8

¹¹ “I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.” Job 7:11*

⁵ “But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty, ⁶ if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state. ⁷ Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.” Job 8:5-7

⁴ “I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered—a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!” Job 12:4

³ “But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.” Job 13:3

²⁰ “Only grant me these two things, God, and then I will not hide from you: ²¹ Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors. ²² Then summon me and I will answer, or let me speak, and you reply to me.” Job 13:20-22

¹⁹ “Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. ²⁰ My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; ²¹ on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.” Job 16:19-21

²³ “If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent ²⁴ and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold . . . to the rocks in the ravines, ²⁵ then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you. ²⁶ Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God. ²⁷ You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. ²⁸ What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.” Job 22:23-28*

²⁷ “You will pray to him [the Almighty God], and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.” Job 22:27

¹⁰ “Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?” Job 27:10

²⁶ “then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God’s face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being.” Job 33:26

⁸ “My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly.” Job 42:8b*

⁸ “Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.” Psalm 2:8

¹ LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! ² Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” ³ But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. ⁴ I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Psalm 3:1-4

⁷ Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Psalm 3:7ab*

¹ Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer. Psalm 4:1

⁶ Let the light of your face shine on us. Psalm 4:6b*

¹ Listen to my words, LORD, consider my lament. ² Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. ³ In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. Psalm 5:1-3

⁸ Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies—make your way straight before me. Psalm 5:8

¹¹ [L]et all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. Psalm 5:11*

⁴ Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. ⁸ Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping. ⁹ The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer. Psalm 6:4, 8-9

⁹ The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. ¹⁰ Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:9-10

¹⁰ Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10

¹⁴ But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. Psalm 10:14

¹⁷ You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, Psalm 10:17

² The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. Psalm 14:2

¹ Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. Psalm 16:1

⁸ I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalm 16:8

¹ Hear me, LORD, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer—it does not rise from deceitful lips. Psalm 17:1

⁶ I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. Psalm 17:6

⁶ I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. ⁷ Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes. Psalm 17:6-7

⁶ I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. ⁷ Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you . . . . ⁸ Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings Psalm 17:6-8

⁶ I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. ⁸ Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings Psalm 17:6, 8

⁶ 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. ¹⁶ He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. ¹⁹ He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. Psalm 18:6, 16, 19

¹³ Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression. Psalm 19:13

¹⁴ May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14

¹ May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. ⁶ Now this I know: The LORD gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand. Psalm 20:1, 6

⁶ Now this I know: The LORD gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand. Psalm 20:6

¹ My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? Psalm 22:1

³ [Y]ou are enthroned as the Holy One; . . . . ⁴ In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. ⁵ To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. Psalm 22:3-5

¹¹ Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help. Psalm 22:11

¹⁹ LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me. Psalm 22:19*

²³ You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! ²⁴ For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. Psalm 22:23-24

²⁶ The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise him—may your hearts live forever! Psalm 22:26

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, ²⁸ for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations. Psalm 22:27-28

¹ In you, LORD my God, I put my trust. ² I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. ³ No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame . . . . Psalm 25:1-3*

⁴ Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. ⁵ Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:4-5

⁶ Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. ⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, LORD, are good. Psalm 25:6-7

¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. ¹⁷ Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish. ¹⁸ Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. Psalm 25:16-18

²⁰ Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. Psalm 25:20

²⁰ Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. ²¹ May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, LORD, is in you. Psalm 25:20-21

²¹ May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, LORD, is in you. Psalm 25:21

¹ Vindicate me, LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD and have not faltered. Psalm 26:1

¹ Vindicate me, LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD and have not faltered. ² Test me, LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; ³ for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness. Psalm 26:1-3

² Test me, LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; ³ for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness. Psalm 26:2-3

⁴ One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. Psalm 27:4

⁷ Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. ⁸ My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. Psalm 27:7-8

⁷ Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. ⁸ My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. ⁹ Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior. Psalm 27:7-9

⁸ My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. ⁹ Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior. ¹⁰ Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me. Psalm 27:8-10

¹⁴ Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:14

¹ To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit. ² Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. Psalm 28:1-2

⁹ Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever. Psalm 28:9

² LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. Psalm 30:2

² LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. ³ You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit. ⁸ To you, LORD, I called; to the LORD I cried for mercy: ⁹ “What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness? ¹⁰ Hear, LORD, and be merciful to me; LORD, be my help.” ¹¹ You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, ¹² that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever. Psalm 30:2-3, 8-12

¹ In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. ² Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. Psalm 31:1-2

³ Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. Psalm 31:3

⁵ Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, LORD, my faithful God. Psalm 31:5

⁹ Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. ¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak. Psalm 31:9-10

⁹ Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. ¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak. ¹⁴ But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.” ¹⁵ My times are in your hands; . . . . ¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. Psalm 31:9-10, 14-16*

¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. ¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; . . . . Psalm 31:16-17*

¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. ¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; . . . . ¹⁹ How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you. ²² In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help. ²⁴ Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. Psalm 31:16-17, 19, 22, 24*

¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. ¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; . . . . ¹⁹ How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you. ²⁴ Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. Psalm 31:16-17, 19, 24*

⁶ [L]et all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them. ⁷ You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Psalm 32:6-7*

²⁰ We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. ²¹ In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. ²² May your unfailing love be with us, LORD, even as we put our hope in you. Psalm 33:20-22

⁴ I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. ⁵ Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. ⁶ This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. ¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry; ¹⁷ The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. Psalm 34:4-6, 15, 17

⁴ I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. ⁵ Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. ⁶ This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. ⁷ The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. Psalm 34:4-7

¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry; ¹⁷ The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. Psalm 34:15, 17

¹ Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. ² Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid. ³ Say to me, “I am your salvation.” Psalm 35:1-2, 3b*

²² Do not be far from me, Lord. ²³ Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord. Psalm 35:22b-23*

¹⁰ Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. Psalm 36:10

¹ LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Psalm 38:1

¹⁵ LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, LORD my God. Psalm 38:15

²¹ LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God. ²² Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior. Psalm 38:21-22

⁴ “Show me, LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. ⁵ You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. ⁶ Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. ⁷ But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.” Psalm 39:4-7

⁸ Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools. Psalm 39:8

¹² “Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping.” Psalm 39:12a*

¹ I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. ² He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. ³ He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him. Psalm 40:1-3

¹¹ Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me. Psalm 40:11

¹¹ Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me. ¹² For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me. ¹³ Be pleased to save me, LORD; come quickly, LORD, to help me. Psalm 40:11-13

¹⁴ May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. ¹⁵ May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame. ¹⁶ But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The LORD is great!” Psalm 40:14-16

¹⁶ [M]ay all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The LORD is great!” Psalm 40:16*

¹⁷ But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay. Psalm 40:17

⁴ “Have mercy on me, LORD; heal me, for I have sinned against you.” Psalm 41:4*

⁴ These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. Psalm 42:4

³ Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. ⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you . . . O God, my God. Psalm 43:3-4*

¹⁵ “[C]all on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” Psalm 50:15*

¹ Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. ² Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. ⁹ Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Psalm 51:1-2, 9

¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. ¹¹ Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. ¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:10-12

¹⁴ Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. ¹⁵ Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. Psalm 51:14-15

¹⁵ Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. Psalm 51:15

¹ Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might. ² Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. Psalm 54:1-2

² Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. Psalm 54:2

¹ Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; ² hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught Psalm 55:1-2a*

¹⁶ As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me. ¹⁷ Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. Psalm 55:16-17

²² Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22

¹ Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings . . . . Psalm 57:1*

¹ Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. ² I cry out to God Most High, to God, who vindicates me. ³ He sends from heaven and saves me, . . . God sends forth his love and his faithfulness. Psalm 57:1-3*

² I cry out to God Most High, to God, who vindicates me. Psalm 57:2

⁵ Save us and help us with your right hand [God], that those you love may be delivered. Psalm 60:5

¹ Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. ² From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:1-2

¹ Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. ² From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. ³ For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe. ⁴ I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Psalm 61:1-4

⁸ Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8

¹ You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. ¹⁷ I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. ¹⁸ If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; ¹⁹ but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer. ²⁰ Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me! Psalm 66:16-20

¹ May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us— Psalm 67:1

¹ May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us—² so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. Psalm 67:1-2

²⁸ Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before. Psalm 68:28

¹ Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. ² I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. Psalm 69:1-2

¹³ I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation. Psalm 69:13*

¹³ But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation. ¹⁴ Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters. ¹⁵ Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me. ¹⁶ Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. ¹⁷ Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble. ¹⁸ Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes. Psalm 69:13-18

¹³ I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation. ¹⁶ Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. Psalm 69:13, 16*

²⁹ But as for me, afflicted and in pain—may your salvation, God, protect me. Psalm 69:29

¹ Hasten, O God, to save me; come quickly, LORD, to help me. ⁵ I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay. Psalm 70:1, 5*

² In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me. ³ Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. Psalm 71:2-3

⁹ Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone. Psalm 71:9

⁹ Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone. ¹⁸ Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come. Psalm 71:9, 18

¹² Do not be far from me, my God; come quickly, God, to help me. Psalm 71:12

¹² [H]e will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. ¹³ He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. ¹⁴ He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight. Psalm 72:12-14*

²² Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long. Psalm 74:22

¹ I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. ² When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted. Psalm 77:1-2

⁹ Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake. Psalm 79:9

¹ Hear us, Shepherd . . . , you who lead . . . a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth ² Awaken your might; come and save us. ³ Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:1, 2b-3*

³ Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:3

³ Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. ⁷ Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. ¹⁹ Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:3, 7, 19

⁷ Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:7

⁷ Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. ¹⁴ Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, ¹⁵ the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself. Psalm 80:7, 14-15

⁷ Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. ¹⁴ Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, ¹⁵ the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself. ¹⁹ Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:7, 14-15, 19

¹⁹ Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:19

⁷ In your distress you called and I rescued you . . . . Psalm 81:7*

¹⁸ Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD—that you alone are the Most High over all the earth. Psalm 83:18

¹ How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! ² My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. ⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. ⁸ Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob. Psalm 84:1-2, 4, 8

⁸ Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God . . . . Psalm 84:8*

⁸ Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God . . . . ⁹ Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one. Psalm 84:8-9*

⁴ Restore us again, God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us. ⁵ Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations? ⁶ Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? ⁷ Show us your unfailing love, LORD, and grant us your salvation. Psalm 85:4-7

⁶ Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? ⁷ Show us your unfailing love, LORD, and grant us your salvation. Psalm 85:6-7

⁷ Show us your unfailing love, LORD, and grant us your salvation. Psalm 85:7

¹ Hear me, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. ² Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; ³ have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. ⁴ Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you. Psalm 86:1-4

¹ Hear me, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. ³ have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. ⁴ Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you. Psalm 86:1, 3-4

⁴ Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you. Psalm 86:4

⁶ Hear my prayer, LORD; listen to my cry for mercy. ⁷ When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me. Psalm 86:6-7

¹¹ Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Psalm 86:11

¹ LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. ² May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. Psalm 88:1-2

⁹ I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you. Psalm 88:9b

¹³ I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you. Psalm 88:13*

¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14

¹⁶ May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. Psalm 90:16

¹⁷ May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:17

¹⁴ “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. ¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. ¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.” Psalm 91:14-16

⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name; they called on the LORD and he answered them. Psalm 99:6

¹ Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you. ² Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. Psalm 102:1-2

¹⁷ He [the LORD] will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. Psalm 102:17

³¹ May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works— Psalm 104:31

³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD. Psalm 104:34

⁴ Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. Psalm 105:4

⁴ Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid . . . , ⁵ that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise. Psalm 106:4-5*

⁴⁴ [H]e [the LORD] took note of their distress when he heard their cry; Psalm 106:44*

⁴⁷ Save us, LORD our God, . . . , that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. Psalm 106:47*

⁶ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. Psalm 107:6

¹³ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, Psalm 107:13-15

¹⁹ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. ²⁰ He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. ²¹ Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. Psalm 107:19-21

²⁸ Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. Psalm 107:28

⁶ Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered. Psalm 108:6

²¹ Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me. ²² For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. Psalm 109:21-22*

²⁶ Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love. Psalm 109:26

¹ Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. Psalm 115:1

¹ I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. ² Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. Psalm 116:1-2

¹ I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. ² Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. ³ The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow. ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD: “LORD, save me!” ⁵ The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. ⁶ The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me. ⁷ Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. ⁸ For you, LORD, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, ⁹ that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living. ¹² What shall I return to the LORD for all his goodness to me? ¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁷ I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁸ I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people, Psalm 116:1-9, 12-13, 17-18

⁵ When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place. Psalm 118:5

⁵ When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place. ⁶ The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? ⁷ The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies. Psalm 118:5-7

²⁵ LORD, save us! LORD, grant us success! Psalm 118:25

²⁷ Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds. Psalm 119:27

²⁸ My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. Psalm 119:28

²⁹ Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law. Psalm 119:29

³³ Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Psalm 119:33-34

³⁵ Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. Psalm 119:35

³⁶ Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Psalm 119:36

³⁷ Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Psalm 119:37

³⁸ Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared. Psalm 119:38

³⁹ Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good. Psalm 119:39

⁴⁰ How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life. Psalm 119:40

⁴¹ May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise; Psalm 119:41

⁴⁹ Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope. Psalm 119:49

⁶⁴ The earth is filled with your love, LORD; teach me your decrees. Psalm 119:64

⁶⁵ Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD. Psalm 119:65

⁶⁶ Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands. Psalm 119:66

⁷³ Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands. Psalm 119:73

⁷⁶ May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant. Psalm 119:76

⁷⁶ May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant. ⁷⁷ Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight. Psalm 119:76-77

⁷⁷ Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight. Psalm 119:77

⁸⁰ May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I may not be put to shame. Psalm 119:80

⁸⁸ In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth. Psalm 119:88

⁹⁴ Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts. Psalm 119:94

¹⁰⁷ I have suffered much; preserve my life, LORD, according to your word. Psalm 119:107

¹⁰⁸ Accept, LORD, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws. Psalm 119:108

¹¹⁶ Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed. ¹¹⁷ Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees. Psalm 119:116-117

¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me. Psalm 119:122

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees. Psalm 119:124

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees. ¹²⁵ I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes. Psalm 119:124-125

¹²⁵ I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes. Psalm 119:125

¹³² Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. Psalm 119:132

¹³³ Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. Psalm 119:133

¹³⁴ Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts. Psalm 119:134

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees. Psalm 119:135

¹⁴⁴ Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live. Psalm 119:144

¹⁴⁵ I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees. ¹⁴⁶ I call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes. Psalm 119:145-146

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. Psalm 119:147

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws. Psalm 119:149

¹⁵³ Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law. Psalm 119:153

¹⁵³ Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law. ¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise. Psalm 119:153-154

¹⁵³ Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law. ¹⁵⁶ Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws. Psalm 119:153, 156

¹⁵⁶ Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws. Psalm 119:156

¹⁵⁹ See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, LORD, in accordance with your love. Psalm 119:159

¹⁶⁹ May my cry come before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word. Psalm 119:169

¹⁷⁰ May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise. Psalm 119:170

¹⁷³ May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. Psalm 119:173

¹⁷⁵ Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me. Psalm 119:175

¹ I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me. Psalm 120:1

¹ I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? ² My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. Psalm 122:6

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. ⁷ May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” ⁸ For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” ⁹ For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity. Psalm 122:6-9

¹ I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven. ² [S]o our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy. Psalm 123:1-2*

¹ Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD; ² LORD, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. Psalm 130:1-2

¹ Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD; ² LORD, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. ⁵ I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. ⁶ I wait for the LORD more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. ⁷ [P]ut your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. Psalm 130:1-2, 5-7*

⁹ “ ‘May your priests be clothed with your righteousness; may your faithful people sing for joy.’ ” Psalm 132:9

³ When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me. Psalm 138:3

⁶ I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy. Psalm 140:6

¹ I call to you, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you. ² May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:1-2

³ Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. Psalm 141:3

⁴ Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies. Psalm 141:4

¹ I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy. Psalm 142:1

² I pour out before him [the LORD] my complaint; before him I tell my trouble. Psalm 142:2

⁵ I cry to you, LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” ⁶ Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; . . . . Psalm 142:5-6*

¹ LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. Psalm 143:1

⁷ Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit. Psalm 143:7

⁸ Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8

¹⁰ Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10

¹¹ For your name’s sake, LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble. Psalm 143:11

⁷ Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters . . . . Psalm 144:7*

¹⁸ The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. ¹⁹ He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. ²⁰ The LORD watches over all who love him . . . . ²¹ My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever. Psalm 145:18-21*

¹ My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, ² turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—³ indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, ⁴ and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, ⁵ then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:1-6

¹³ Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered. Proverbs 21:13

²⁰ When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. Isaiah 19:20b*

¹⁹ People . . . , you will weep no more. How gracious he [the LORD] will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you. Isaiah 30:19*

² LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. Isaiah 33:2

¹⁶ “LORD Almighty, . . . , enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. ¹⁷ Give ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; . . . .” Isaiah 37:16-17*

¹ In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.” ² Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, ³ “Remember, LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. ⁴ Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: ⁵ “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.’ ” Isaiah 38:1-5

¹⁴ “I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!” ¹⁵ But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul. ¹⁶ Lord, by such things people live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live. Isaiah 38:14-16

⁶ “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? ⁷ Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? ⁹ Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.” Isaiah 58:6-7, 9a*

²⁴ Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. Isaiah 65:24

¹⁵ LORD, you understand; remember me and care for me. Jeremiah 15:15a*

¹¹ “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ¹² Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.” Jeremiah 29:11-12

¹¹ “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ¹² Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:11-13

¹² “[Y]ou will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.^” Jeremiah 29:12-13*

¹³ “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13

¹⁸ “ ‘Restore me, and I will return, because you are the LORD my God.’ ” Jeremiah 31:18b*

²⁷ “I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:27

³ “ ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ ” Jeremiah 33:3

⁴ “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will certainly pray to the LORD your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the LORD says and will keep nothing back from you.” Jeremiah 42:4

¹⁸ The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. [L]et your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest. ¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night, . . . ; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lamentations 2:18-19a*

⁵⁵ I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit. ⁵⁶ You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.” ⁵⁷ You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.” Lamentations 3:55-57

²¹ Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old. Lamentations 5:21

¹⁷ Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. ¹⁸ He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. ¹⁹ During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven Daniel 2:17-19

¹ In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom—² in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. ³ So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. Daniel 9:1-3

¹⁷ “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant.” Daniel 9:17a*

¹⁷ “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. ¹⁸ We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. ¹⁹ Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because . . . your people bear your Name.” Daniel 9:17a, 18b-19*

¹⁸ “We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. ¹⁹ Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because . . . your people bear your Name.” Daniel 9:18b-19*

²⁰ While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the LORD my God for his holy hill—²¹ while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. ²² He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. ²³ As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Daniel 9:20-23a*

²³ As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Daniel 9:23a*

¹² “Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.” Daniel 10:12b*

⁸ “I will answer him and care for him.” Hosea 14:8b*

¹⁴ Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. Joel 1:14

¹⁵ Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. ¹⁶ Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children . . . . Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber. ¹⁷ Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ” Joel 2:15-17*

⁴ This is what the LORD says . . . : “Seek me and live;” Amos 5:4*

¹ This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. ² When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “Sovereign LORD, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!” ³ So the LORD relented. “This will not happen,” the LORD said. Amos 7:1-3

⁴ This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land. ⁵ Then I cried out, “Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!” ⁶ So the LORD relented. “This will not happen either,” the Sovereign LORD said. Amos 7:4-6

¹ From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God. ² He said: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.” Jonah 2:1-2

⁷ “When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.” Jonah 2:7

⁸ “[L]et people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways . . . .” Jonah 3:8*

⁷ But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. Micah 7:7

² LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; . . . . Habakkuk 3:2*

³ Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Zephaniah 2:3a*

²¹ “ ‘Let us go at once to entreat the LORD and seek the LORD Almighty. I myself am going.’ ” Zechariah 8:21*

⁹ “They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’ ” Zechariah 13:9b*

⁴³ “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ ⁴⁴ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ⁴⁵ that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:43-45a*

⁵ “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. ⁶ But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:5-6

⁷ “And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. ⁸ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” Matthew 6:7-8

⁹ “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, ¹⁰ your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. ¹¹ Give us today our daily bread. ¹² And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ ” Matthew 6:9-13

⁷ “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8

¹¹ “If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” Matthew 7:11

²⁷ As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” ²⁸ When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. ²⁹ Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; ³⁰ and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.” ³¹ But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region. Matthew 9:27-31

³⁷ Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. ³⁸ Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matthew 9:37-38

²⁸ “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” ²⁹ “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. ³⁰ But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” ³¹ Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:28-31

²¹ Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. ²² A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” ²³ Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” ²⁴ He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” ²⁵ The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said. ²⁶ He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” ²⁷ “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” ²⁸ Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. Matthew 15:21-28

²⁰ “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20bc*

¹⁹ “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. ²⁰ For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:19-20

¹³ “It is written,” he [Jesus] said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ . . . .” Matthew 21:13*

¹³ [H]e [Jesus] said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ . . . .” Matthew 21:13*

²¹ Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. ²² If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21:21-22

²² “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21:22

³⁹ Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” ⁴² He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.” Matthew 26:39, 42

⁴¹ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41

²¹ When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. ²² Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. ²³ He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” ²⁴ So Jesus went with him. Mark 5:21-24a*

²² “But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” ²³ “ ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” Mark 9:22b-23*

²² “But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” ²³ “ ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” ²⁸ After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” ²⁹ He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” Mark 9:22b-23, 28-29*

²⁴ Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” Mark 9:24

¹⁷ And as he taught them, he [Jesus] said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’?” Mark 11:17a*

¹⁷ And as he taught them, he [Jesus] said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer . . .’?” Mark 11:17a*

²³ “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. ²⁴ Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:23-24

³⁵ Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. ³⁶ “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” Mark 14:35-36

³⁸ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Mark 14:38

¹⁶ Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Luke 5:16*

¹² One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. Luke 6:12

⁴¹ Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house ⁴² because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. ⁵⁰ Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” Luke 8:41-42, 50*

² He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Luke 10:2

² He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. ³ Give us each day our daily bread. ⁴ Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’ ” Luke 11:2-4

⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; ⁶ a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ ⁷ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ ⁸ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. ⁹ So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Luke 11:5-10

⁹ “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Luke 11:9-10

¹³ “If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:13

⁵ The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” Luke 17:5

¹¹ Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance ¹³ and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” ¹⁴ When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. ¹⁵ One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶ He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸ Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” Luke 17:11-19

¹ Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1

¹ Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. ² He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. ³ And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ ⁴ For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, ⁵ yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ” ⁶ And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. ⁷ And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? ⁸ I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly.” Luke 18:1-8a*

⁷ “And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? ⁸ I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly.” Luke 18:7-8a*

¹⁰ “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ ¹³ But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ ¹⁴ I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:10-14

³⁵ As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. ³⁶ When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. ³⁷ They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” ³⁸ He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” ³⁹ Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁰ Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, ⁴¹ “What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see,” he replied. ⁴² Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” ⁴³ Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God. Luke 18:35-43

⁴⁶ “It is written,” he [Jesus] said to them, “ ‘My house will be a house of prayer’; . . . .” Luke 19:46*

³⁶ “Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:36

³⁹ Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. ⁴⁰ On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” Luke 22:39-40

⁴⁰ “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” Luke 22:40*

⁴¹ He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, ⁴² “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” ⁴³ An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. ⁴⁴ And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. Luke 22:41-44

⁴⁶ “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.” Luke 22:46b*

¹⁰ Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” John 4:10

³¹ “We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.” John 9:31

¹³ “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” John 14:13-14

⁷ “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” John 15:7

⁷ “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” John 15:7-8

¹⁶ “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.” John 15:16

²³ “Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. ²⁴ Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.” John 16:23b-24*

²⁴ “Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.” John 16:24

²⁶ “In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.” John 16:26

¹⁵ “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.” John 17:15

²⁰ “I pray . . . for those who will believe in me . . . , ²¹ that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. ²² I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—²³ I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” John 17:20-23*

¹⁴ They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. Acts 1:14

¹⁶ “By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.” Acts 3:16

²⁴ When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.” Acts 4:24

²⁴ When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. Acts 4:24a*

²⁹ “Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.” Acts 4:29

³⁰ “Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” Acts 4:30

⁵⁹ While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” ⁶⁰ Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep. Acts 7:59-60

⁶⁰ Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord do not hold this sin against them.” Acts 7:60a*

⁴⁰ Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. ⁴¹ He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. Acts 9:40–-41

⁵ So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. Acts 12:5

¹² [H]e [Peter] went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. Acts 12:12*

⁶ Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. ¹⁷ She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” ¹⁸ She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her. Acts 16:16-18

²³ After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. ²⁴ When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. ²⁵ About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Acts 16:23-25

²⁷ God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. Acts 17:27

⁹ God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you ¹⁰ in my prayers at all times; . . . . Romans 1:9-10*

²⁶ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. Romans 8:26

¹ Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. Romans 10:1

³⁰ I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Romans 15:30

¹⁵ So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; . . . . 1 Corinthians 14:15*

⁷ [I]n order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. ⁸ Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. ⁹ But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:7b-9*

⁹ We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored. 2 Corinthians 13:9

¹⁷ I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. Ephesians 1:17

¹⁷ I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. ¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, ¹⁹ and his incomparably great power for us who believe. Ephesians 1:17-19a*

¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, Ephesians 1:18

¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, ¹⁹ and his incomparably great power for us who believe. Ephesians 1:18-19a*

¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, ¹⁹ and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength ²⁰ he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. Ephesians 1:18-21

¹⁸ [T]hrough him [Christ Jesus] we . . . have access to the Father by one Spirit. Ephesians 2:18*

¹² In him [Christ Jesus] and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. Ephesians 3:12

¹⁴ For this reason I kneel before the Father, ¹⁵ from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. ¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:14-19

¹⁸ And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Ephesians 6:18

¹⁸ And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. Ephesians 6:18a*

¹⁸ [A]lways keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Ephesians 6:18b*

⁹ And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, ¹⁰ so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, ¹¹ filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-11

⁹ For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, Colossians 1:9

⁹ For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, ¹⁰ so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: . . . Colossians 1:9-10*

⁹ For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, ¹⁰ so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, ¹¹ being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, ¹² and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. Colossians 1:9-12

¹² Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. Colossians 4:12

¹⁰ Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith. 1 Thessalonians 3:10

¹² May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else . . . . 1 Thessalonians 3:12*

¹³ May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. 1 Thessalonians 3:13

²⁵ Brothers and sisters, pray for us. 1 Thessalonians 5:25

¹¹ [W]e constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. 2 Thessalonians 1:11*

¹¹ [W]e constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. ¹² We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12*

¹ [P]ray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. 2 Thessalonians 3:1*

² [P]ray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith. 2 Thessalonians 3:2*

⁵ May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3:5

⁸ I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. 1 Timothy 2:8*

⁵ The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. 1 Timothy 5:5

³ I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 2 Timothy 1:3

⁶ I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. Philemon 6

⁷ During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Hebrews 5:7

²⁴ [B]ecause Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. ²⁵ Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Hebrews 7:24-25*

¹ Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. ² This is what the ancients were commended for. ⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:1-2, 6

⁶ [W]ithout faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6*

¹⁸ Pray for us. Hebrews 13:18a*

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. James 1:5

⁶ [W]hen you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. ⁷ That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. ⁸ Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. James 1:6-8*

² You do not have because you do not ask God. ³ When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4:2c-3*

¹³ Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. James 5:13ab*

¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. ¹⁶ Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:14-16

¹⁶ [C]onfess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16*

¹⁶ The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16b*

¹⁶ The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. ¹⁷ Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. ¹⁸ Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. James 5:16b-18*

¹² “[T]he eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 1 Peter 3:12*

⁷ The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. 1 Peter 4:7

⁷ Cast all your anxiety on him [God] because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

²¹ [W]e have confidence before God ²² and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. 1 John 3:21-22*

¹⁴ This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. 1 John 5:14-15

¹⁶ If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. 1 John 5:16a*

² Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 John 2

²⁰ But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹ keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Jude 20-21

²⁰ But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹ keep yourselves in God’s love . . . . Jude 20-21*

⁶ Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. ⁸ [T]he four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. Revelation 5:6a, 8*

³ Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. ⁴ The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand. Revelation 8:3-4

Other Scriptures to Consider

²¹ Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. Genesis 25:21

⁷ The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. ⁸ So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.” Exodus 3:7-8

⁹ “And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I [the LORD] have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. ¹⁰ So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” Exodus 3:9-10

⁸ Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD.” ¹² After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. ¹³ And the LORD did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. Exodus 8:8, 12-13

²⁸ Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.” ²⁹ Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD.” ³⁰ Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD, ³¹ and the LORD did what Moses asked. The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. Exodus 8:28-31

²⁷ Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. ²⁸ Pray to the LORD, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.” ²⁹ Moses replied, “When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.” ³³ Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands toward the LORD; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land. Exodus 9:27-29, 33

¹⁶ Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. ¹⁷ Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me.” ¹⁸ Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD. ¹⁹ And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea. Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. Exodus 10:16-19

²² “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. ²³ If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.” Exodus 22:22-23

²⁶ “If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset, ²⁷ because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.” Exodus 22:26-27

⁴ The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! ⁵ We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. ⁶ But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!” ¹⁸ “Tell the people: ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, “If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat it. ¹⁹ You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, ²⁰ but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?” ’ ” Numbers 11:4-6, 18-20

¹³ So Moses cried out to the LORD, “Please, God, heal her!” Numbers 12:13

¹⁹ When Korah had gathered all his followers in opposition to them at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the entire assembly. ²⁰ The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, ²¹ “Separate yourselves from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.” ²² But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, “O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?” ²³ Then the LORD said to Moses, ²⁴ “Say to the assembly, ‘Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’ ” Numbers 16:19-24

¹⁵ Our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived there many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors, ¹⁶ but when we cried out to the LORD, he heard our cry and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. Numbers 20:15-16a*

¹⁴ Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. ¹⁵ Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. Deuteronomy 24:14-15

⁶ When I brought your people out of Egypt, you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea. ⁷ But they cried to the LORD for help, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians; he brought the sea over them and covered them. You saw with your own eyes what I did to the Egyptians. Joshua 24:6-7ab*

⁷ The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs. ⁸ The anger of the LORD burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years. ⁹ But when they cried out to the LORD, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them. ¹⁰ The Spirit of the LORD came on him, so that he became Israel’s judge and went to war. The LORD gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him. ¹¹ So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died. Judges 3:7-11

¹² Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and because they did this evil the LORD gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel. ¹³ Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms. ¹⁴ The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years. ¹⁵ Again the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. Judges 3:12-15a*

¹ Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, now that Ehud was dead. ² So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. ³ Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help. ⁴ Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. ⁵ She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. ⁶ She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor. ⁷ I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’ ” ¹⁵ At Barak’s advance, the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot. ¹⁶ Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left. Judges 4:1-7, 15-16

⁶ Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help. ⁷ When the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian, ⁸ he sent them a prophet, who said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. ⁹ I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors; I drove them out before you and gave you their land. ¹⁰ I said to you, ‘I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.” ¹¹ The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. ¹² When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, “The LORD is with you, mighty warrior.” ¹³ “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.” ¹⁴ The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” Judges 6:6-14

¹⁰ In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly. ¹¹ And she made a vow, saying, “LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.” 1 Samuel 1:10-11

¹⁶ “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel; he will deliver them from the hand of the Philistines. I have looked on my people, for their cry has reached me.” 1 Samuel 9:16

¹⁶ David pleaded with God for the child. 2 Samuel 12:16a*

³⁹ “[D]eal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know every human heart),” 1 Kings 8:39b*

²² “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, ²³ then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.” 2 Chronicles 6:22-23

¹⁴ Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out to the LORD. The priests blew their trumpets ¹⁵ and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 2 Chronicles 13:14-15

⁸ They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. ⁹ But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat. Nehemiah 4:8-9

⁹ They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.” Nehemiah 6:9

⁴ Standing on the stairs of the Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. They cried out with loud voices to the LORD their God. Nehemiah 9:4

²⁴ “[S]ighing has become my daily food; my groans pour out like water.” Job 3:24*

²⁴ “Why do you [God] hide your face and consider me your enemy?” Job 13:24

²⁶ He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them, ²⁷ because they turned from following him and had no regard for any of his ways. ²⁸ They caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he heard the cry of the needy. Job 34:26-28

¹¹ Sing the praises of the LORD . . . ; proclaim among the nations what he has done. ¹² For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted. Psalm 9:11-12*

⁹ All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. Psalm 38:9

⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. ¹¹ Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:5, 11

² I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:2

²² Wait for the LORD, and he will avenge you. Proverbs 20:22b*

³ In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping. Isaiah 15:3

¹⁶ “[D]o not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.” Jeremiah 7:16*

¹⁴ They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me. Hosea 7:14

² The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. ³ In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God. ⁴ He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there—⁵ the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name! Hosea 12:2-5

⁸ Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl. ⁹ For Samaria’s plague is incurable; it has spread to Judah. It has reached the very gate of my people, even to Jerusalem itself. Micah 1:8-9

¹³ Another thing you do: You flood the LORD’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. Malachi 2:13

⁵ When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. ⁶ “Lord” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” ⁷ Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?” ⁸ The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹ For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ¹⁰ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.” ¹³ Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment. Matthew 8:5-10, 13

¹⁶ When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. ¹⁷ This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” Matthew 8:16-17

⁴⁶ About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). ⁴⁷ When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.” ⁴⁸ Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. ⁴⁹ The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.” ⁵⁰ And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. Matthew 27:46-50

³⁴ And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). ³⁵ When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.” ³⁶ Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said. ³⁷ With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. Mark 15:34-37

⁴⁰ At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. Luke 4:40

³ The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. ⁴ When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, ⁵ because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” ⁶ So Jesus went with them. Luke 7:3-6a*

³⁷ The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. ³⁸ A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. ³⁹ A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him and is destroying him. ⁴⁰ I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.” ⁴¹ “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.” ⁴² Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father. ⁴³ And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. Luke 9:37-43a*

²⁷ “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” John 12:27-28

³ For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. ⁴ The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:3-4

² Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2

⁴ Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. James 5:4