15 Bible Verses about Cries Of Distress To God

My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.

In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

I have made my prayer with all my heart; give answer to me, O Lord: I will keep your rules.

Now while I was saying these things, death came to Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah. Then falling down on my face and crying out with a loud voice, I said, Ah, Lord! will you put an end to all the rest of Israel?

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.

Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my people, whose cry has come up to me.

And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.

And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.

For this reason I will let loose my wrath: my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity.