15 Bible Verses about Cries Of Distress To God
Most Relevant Verses
{A Song of degrees.} In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.
KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. And I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;
for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin: on what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him prince over my people Israel; and he will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;
And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.
And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me; and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
And I also will deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.
