Lamentations 2:19


“Arise, cry aloud in the night,
At the beginning of the night watches;
Pour out your heart like water
Before the presence of the Lord;
Lift up your hands to Him
For the life of your little ones
Who are faint from hunger
At the head of every street.”

Psalm 62:8


Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Selah.

1 Samuel 1:15

But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman with a despairing spirit. I have not been drinking wine or any intoxicating drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

Isaiah 26:9


In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord],
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth
Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Isaiah 51:20


Your sons have fainted;
They lie helpless at the head of every street,
Like an antelope in a net,
Full [from drinking] of the wrath of the Lord,
The rebuke of your God.

1 Samuel 7:6

So they gathered at Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

Psalm 119:147-148


I rise before dawn and cry [in prayer] for help;
I wait for Your word.

Lamentations 2:11-12


My eyes fail because of tears [mourns Jeremiah],
My spirit is deeply disturbed;
My heart is poured out on the earth [in grief]
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem],
When little ones and infants faint
In the streets of the city.

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and disputing or quarreling or doubt [in their mind].

Judges 7:19

So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when the guards had just been changed, and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.

Job 3:24


“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.

Psalm 28:2


Hear the voice of my supplication (specific requests, humble entreaties) as I cry to You for help,
As I lift up my hands and heart toward Your innermost sanctuary (Holy of Holies).

Psalm 42:8


Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song will be with me,
A prayer to the God of my life.

Psalm 63:4


So will I bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.

Psalm 119:55


O Lord, I remember Your name in the night,
And keep Your law.

Psalm 134:2


Lift up your hands to the sanctuary
And bless the Lord.

Psalm 141:2


Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

Psalm 142:2


I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my trouble before Him.

Lamentations 4:1-9

How dark and dim the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones [of the temple] are poured out and scattered
At the head of every street.

Ezekiel 5:10

Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you and I will scatter to all the winds the remnant of you.

Ezekiel 5:16

When I send against them the deadly arrows of hunger which were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will increase the famine upon you and break your staff of bread.

Nahum 3:10


Yet she became an exile;
She went into captivity.
Her young children were dashed to pieces
At the head of every street;
They cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound with chains.

Matthew 14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night (3:00-6:00 a.m.) Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.

Mark 1:35

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left [the house], and went out to a secluded place, and was praying there.

Mark 13:35

Therefore, be continually on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—

Luke 6:12

Now at this time Jesus went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

General references

Bible References

Cry out

Psalm 42:8

Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song will be with me,
A prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 62:8

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalm 119:55

O Lord, I remember Your name in the night,
And keep Your law.
Isaiah 26:9

In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord],
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth
Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Mark 1:35
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left [the house], and went out to a secluded place, and was praying there.
Luke 6:12
Now at this time Jesus went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Watches

Judges 7:19
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when the guards had just been changed, and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.
Matthew 14:25
And in the fourth watch of the night (3:00-6:00 a.m.) Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
Mark 13:35
Therefore, be continually on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—

Pour

1 Samuel 1:15
But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman with a despairing spirit. I have not been drinking wine or any intoxicating drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.
1 Samuel 7:6
So they gathered at Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
Job 3:24

“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.
Psalm 62:8

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalm 142:2

I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my trouble before Him.

Lift up

Psalm 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplication (specific requests, humble entreaties) as I cry to You for help,
As I lift up my hands and heart toward Your innermost sanctuary (Holy of Holies).
Psalm 63:4

So will I bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
Psalm 134:2

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary
And bless the Lord.
Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and disputing or quarreling or doubt [in their mind].

That faint

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes fail because of tears [mourns Jeremiah],
My spirit is deeply disturbed;
My heart is poured out on the earth [in grief]
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem],
When little ones and infants faint
In the streets of the city.
Lamentations 4:1
How dark and dim the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones [of the temple] are poured out and scattered
At the head of every street.
Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted;
They lie helpless at the head of every street,
Like an antelope in a net,
Full [from drinking] of the wrath of the Lord,
The rebuke of your God.
Ezekiel 5:10
Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you and I will scatter to all the winds the remnant of you.
Nahum 3:10

Yet she became an exile;
She went into captivity.
Her young children were dashed to pieces
At the head of every street;
They cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound with chains.

General references

Psalm 63:6

When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate and thoughtfully focus on You in the night watches,
Psalm 107:5

Hungry and thirsty,
They fainted.
Mark 13:17
And woe to those women who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!