15 Bible Verses about Cries Of Distress To God

I call to you; save me, that I may observe your testimonies.

In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!

With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD! I will keep your statutes.

And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"

For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted--

If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry,

for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

"Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."

And the LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.

Then the LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,

And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."