38 Bible Verses about Afflictions, Prayer During

Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear. Open thine eyes, O LORD, and see. And hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent for him to defy the living God.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that has come upon us, on our kings, on our rulers, and on our priests, an

Have mercy upon me, O LORD. Behold my affliction from those who hate me, thou who lifts me up from the gates of death

Remember, O LORD, what has come upon us. Behold, and see our reproach.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged. O bring thou me out of my distresses.

Remove thy stroke away from me. I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

Be not angry very severely, O LORD, nor remember iniquity forever. Behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. Thy holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire, and all our pleasant places are laid waste. read more.
Will thou restrain thyself for these things, O LORD? Will thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very severely?

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed. Save me, and I shall be saved, for thou are my praise.

Now therefore, O LORD our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou LORD are God alone.

O our God, will thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. Neither do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon thee.

Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings, from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who encompass me around.

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [saying], Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are LORD my God.

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease. Will thou be angry with us forever? Will thou draw out thine anger to all generations? Will thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou have broken may rejoice.

But I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

O satisfy us in the morning with thy loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days in which thou have afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil.

Teach thou me that which I do not see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?

Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.

Teach me to do thy will, for thou are my God. Thy Spirit is good, lead me in the land of uprightness.

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the reproach of the foolish.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness. According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers. Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are brought very low.

Teach me, and I will be quiet. And cause me to understand how I have erred.

I will say to God, Do not condemn me. Show me why thou contend with me.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?

Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress. Incline thine ear to me. In the day when I call answer me speedily.

Many there are who say, Who will show us good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Let, I pray thee, thy loving kindness be for my comfort according to thy word to thy servant.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am withered away. O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

O LORD, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid. O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath remember mercy.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry. Keep not silent at my tears, for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go from here, and be no more.

Revive me, O LORD, for thy name's sake. In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me.

LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is. Let me know how frail I am.

Is any man among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

And straightaway the father of the child having cried out, he said with tears, I believe. Lord, help thou my unbelief.