38 Bible Verses about Afflictions, Prayer During

LORD, bow thine ears and hear; Open LORD thine eyes and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to rail on the living God.

Now our God, thou great God, mighty and terrible, thou that keepest covenant and mercy, regard not a little all the travail that hath happened unto us, and our kings, princes, priests, prophets, fathers and all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

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

{The Prayer of Jeremiah} Call to remembrance, O LORD, what we have suffered; consider and see our confusion.

The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my troubles.

Turn thy plagues away from me, for I am consumed through the fear of thy hand.

Be not too sore displeased, O LORD, and keep not our offenses too long in thy remembrance: but consider that we all are thy people. The cities of thy Sanctuary lie waste: Zion is a wilderness, and Jerusalem a desert. Our holy house which is our beauty, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up: yea, all our commodities and pleasures are wasted away. read more.
Wilt thou not be intreated, LORD, for all this? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and scourge us so sore?

Heal me LORD, and I shall be whole; save me LORD, and I shall be safe, for thou art he that I praise.

Now therefore LORD our God, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know, that thou LORD art God alone."

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us. Neither know we what to do: but our eyes be unto thee."

Keep me as the apple of an eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings, from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.

Moreover, I heard Ephraim, that was led away captive, complain on this manner, 'O LORD, thou hast corrected me, and thy chastening have I received, as an untamed calf. Convert thou me, and I shall be converted, for thou art my LORD God.

Turn us again, thou God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

Turn us then, O God our Saviour, and let thine anger cease from us. Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? Wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another? Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us, that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Oh let me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

As for me, I am poor and in heaviness; let thy help defend me, O God.

O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon: so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. Comfort us again, now after the time that thou hast plagued us, and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.

If I have gone amiss, inform me: if I have done wrong, I will leave off.

Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies.

Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee; for thou art my God. Let thy loving spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness.

Deliver me from all mine offenses; and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish.

{To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon; for we are come to great misery.

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and wherein I have erred, cause me to understand.

and will say unto God: O do not condemn me; but show me the cause, wherefore thou contendest so with me.

"How great are my misdeeds and sins? Let me know my transgressions and offenses. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Why standest thou so far off, O LORD, and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?

Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble; incline thine ear unto me when I call. O hear me, and that right soon.

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

O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to the promise that thou hast made unto thy servant.

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

O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in thy wrath remember mercy.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my calling; 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 a little that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen."

Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake; and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy spirit from me.

"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.

If any of you be evil vexed, let him pray. If any of you be merry, let him sing Psalms.

And straightway the father of the child cried with tears, saying, "Lord I believe, help mine unbelief."