38 Bible Verses about Afflictions, Prayer During
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Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see. Hear the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.
So now, our God—the great, mighty,
and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant—
do not view lightly all the hardships that have afflicted us,
our kings and leaders,
our priests and prophets,
our ancestors and all Your people,
from the days of the Assyrian kings until today.
Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,
Yahweh, remember what has happened to us.
Look, and see our disgrace!
Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble.
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.
“Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.
Turn Your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”
The distresses of my heart increase;
bring me out of my sufferings.
Lord, do not be terribly angry
or remember our iniquity forever.
Please look—all of us are Your people!
Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Our holy and beautiful temple,
where our fathers praised You,
has been burned with fire,
and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
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Lord, after all this, will You restrain Yourself?
Will You keep silent and afflict severely?
Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
save me, and I will be saved,
for You are my praise.
Deliver me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the taunt of fools.
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba.Be gracious to me, God,
according to Your faithful love;
according to Your abundant compassion,
blot out my rebellion.
Do not hold past sins against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.
Restore us, God of Hosts;
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.
Return to us, God of our salvation,
and abandon Your displeasure with us.
Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?
Will You not revive us again
so that Your people may rejoice in You?
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Show us Your faithful love, Lord,
and give us Your salvation. I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.
I have heard Ephraim moaning,
“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined
like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and I will return,
for you, Lord, are my God.
Teach me to do Your will,
for You are my God.
May Your gracious Spirit
lead me on level ground.
Lord, I have heard the report about You;
Lord, I stand in awe of Your deeds.
Revive Your work in these years;
make it known in these years.
In Your wrath remember mercy!
Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.
Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.
Now, Lord our God, please save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord God—You alone.
Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast number that comes to fight against us. We do not know what to do, but we look to You.
Protect me as the pupil of Your eye;
hide me in the shadow of Your wings
from the wicked who treat me violently,
my deadly enemies who surround me.
I will say to God:
“Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.
How many iniquities and sins have I committed?
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
Why do You hide Your face
and consider me Your enemy?
“Lord, reveal to me the end of my life
and the number of my days.
Let me know how short-lived I am.
Because of Your name, Yahweh,
let me live.
In Your righteousness deliver me from trouble,
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Afflictions, Prayer During » That God would consider our trouble
Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see.
and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant
do not view lightly all the hardships that have afflicted us,
our kings and leaders,
our priests and prophets,
our ancestors and all Your people,
from the days of the Assyrian kings
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.
Lift me up from the gates of death,
Look, and see our disgrace!
Afflictions, Prayer During » For deliverance
bring me out of my sufferings.
Lord, do not be terribly angry or remember [our] iniquity forever. Please look-all of us are Your people! Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. read more.
Lord, after all this, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict severely?
save me, and I will be saved,
for You are my praise.
Afflictions, Prayer During » For protection and preservation from enemies
Now, Lord our God, please save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord God—You alone.
Our God, will You not judge them?
Guard me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings from the wicked who treat me violently, my deadly enemies who surround me.
Afflictions, Prayer During » That we may be turned to God
“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined
like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and I will return,
for you, Lord, are my God.
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.
Return to us, God of our salvation, and abandon Your displeasure with us. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger for all generations? Will You not revive us again so that Your people may rejoice in You?
Afflictions, Prayer During » For restoration to joy
Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days. Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us, for as many years as we have seen adversity.
Afflictions, Prayer During » For divine teaching and direction
for You are my God.
May Your gracious Spirit
lead me on level ground.
Afflictions, Prayer During » For pardon and deliverance from sin
do not make me the taunt of fools.
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba.
according to Your faithful love;
according to Your abundant compassion,
blot out my rebellion.
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.
Afflictions, Prayer During » That we may know the causes of our trouble
“Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.
How many iniquities and sins have I committed? Reveal to me my transgression and sin. Why do You hide Your face and consider me Your enemy?
Afflictions, Prayer During » For the presence and support of God
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.
Afflictions, Prayer During » For divine comfort
Afflictions, Prayer During » For mercy
Lord, I stand in awe of Your deeds.
Revive Your work in these years;
make it known in these years.
In Your wrath remember mercy!
Afflictions, Prayer During » For mitigation of troubles
"Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help; do not be silent at my tears. For I am a foreigner residing with You, a sojourner like all my fathers. Turn Your angry gaze from me so that I may be cheered up before I die and am gone."
Afflictions, Prayer During » That we may be quickened
let me live.
In Your righteousness deliver me from trouble,
Afflictions, Prayer During » That the holy spirit may not be withdrawn
Afflictions, Prayer During » That we may be taught the uncertainty of life
and the number of my days.
Let me know how short-lived I am.
Afflictions, Prayer During » Exhortation to
Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.