Lamentations 3:55


I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.

2 Chronicles 33:11-12

So the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.

Psalm 18:5-6


The cords of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.

Psalm 40:1-2

I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord;
And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 69:13-18


But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time;
O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

Psalm 116:3-4


The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

Psalm 130:1-2

Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord.

Psalm 142:3-7


When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down [into the cistern] with ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jonah 2:2-4

and said,

“I called out of my trouble and distress to the Lord,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.

Acts 16:24-28

He, having received such a [strict] command, threw them into the inner prison (dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks [in an agonizing position].

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