The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.

He delivered

For we don’t want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that took place in Asia: we were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength—so that we even despaired of life.

Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me.

along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all.

General references

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.