Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

Bible References

Overwhelmed

Psalm 12:5
“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalm 69:1
For the choir director; according to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.
Save me, O God,
For the waters have threatened my life.
Psalm 142:2
I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my trouble before Him.
Psalm 143:4
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart is appalled within me.
Lamentations 3:18
So I say, “My strength has perished,
And so has my hope from the Lord.”
Mark 14:33
And He *took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled.
Luke 22:44
And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.
Hebrews 5:7
In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.

Poureth

Psalm 42:4
These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
Psalm 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalm 77:3
When I remember God, then I am disturbed;
When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah.
Psalm 142:2
I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my trouble before Him.
1 Samuel 1:15
But Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

Hear

Psalm 5:2
Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,
For to You I pray.
Psalm 55:1
For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.
Give ear to my prayer, O God;
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
Psalm 57:1
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,
For my soul takes refuge in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge
Until destruction passes by.
Psalm 130:1
A Song of Ascents.
Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord.
Psalm 41:1
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
Psalm 145:19
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He will also hear their cry and will save them.

Let my

Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
Exodus 2:23
Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.
Judges 10:16
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.
1 Samuel 9:16
“About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over My people Israel; and he will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven.
Lamentations 3:8
Even when I cry out and call for help,
He shuts out my prayer.