38 Bible Verses about Afflictions, Prayer During

Incline, O LORD, thy ear and hear; open, O LORD, thine eyes and see and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

Now, therefore, our God, the great, mighty, and terrible God, who keeps covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that has come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; look, and behold our reproach.

Tzaddi 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 thine hand.

Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever; behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our house of our Sanctuary and of our glory, where our fathers praised thee, was burned up with fire; and all our precious things were destroyed. read more.
Wilt thou refrain thyself regarding these things, O LORD? Wilt thou hold thy peace and afflict us very sore?

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

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

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us; we do not know what to do; but our eyes are fixed upon thee.

Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me with the shadow of thy wings, from the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast afflicted me, and I was chastised as an indomitable bullock: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

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

Turn us, O God our saving health and cause thine anger toward us to cease. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou extend thine anger from generation to generation? Wilt thou not give us life again that thy people may rejoice in thee?

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

But I am poor and sorrowful; let thy saving health, O God, set me up on high.

O satisfy us early with thy mercy, and we shall sing and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days in which thou hast afflicted us and the years in which we have seen evil.

Teach 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 right path because of my enemies.

Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Let thy good Spirit lead me into the land of uprightness.

Deliver me from all my rebellions; do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy mercy; according unto the multitude of thy compassion eradicate my rebellion.

O remember not against us former iniquities; let thy tender mercies speedily meet us on the way, for we are very poor.

Teach me, and I will be silent; and cause me to understand in what I have erred.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; cause me to understand why thou dost contend with me.

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

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

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.

There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy spoken word unto thy slave.

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

O LORD, I have heard thy word and was afraid; O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the times; in the midst of the times make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

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

By thy name, O LORD, thou shalt give me life; by thy righteousness thou shalt 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 that I may know how long I am to be of this world.

Is anyone among you afflicted? let them pray. Is anyone happy? let them sing.

And straightway the father of the child crying out with tears, said, Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief.