'Cry for Help' in the Bible
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.
The Israelites’ cry for help has come to Me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.
I called to the Lord in my distress;I called to my God.From His temple He heard my voice,and my cry for help reached His ears.
Earth, do not cover my blood;may my cry for help find no resting place.
From the city, men groan;the mortally wounded cry for help,yet God pays no attention to this crime.
Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,and His ears are open to their cry for help.
“Hear my prayer, Lord,and listen to my cry for help;do not be silent at my tears.For I am a foreigner residing with You,a temporary resident like all my fathers.
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.I waited patiently for the Lord,and He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
A prayer of an afflicted person who is weak and pours out his lament before the Lord.Lord, hear my prayer;let my cry for help come before You.
Lord, listen to my voice;let Your ears be attentiveto my cry for help.
I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”Listen, Lord, to my cry for help.
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;He hears their cry for help and saves them.