15 Bible Verses about Cries Of Distress To God

I have called out to you, "Save me, so I may keep your decrees."

I cried to the LORD in my distress, and he responded to me.

I cry to you from the depths, LORD,

I have cried out with all of my heart. Answer me, LORD! I will observe your statutes.

While I was prophesying, Benaiah's son Pelatiah died, so I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice. "Ah, Lord GOD," I said, "are you going to put an end to the survivors within Israel?"

As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

As a result, the cries of the poor have reached him and he has heard the cry of the afflicted.

If you do mistreat them, they'll certainly cry out to me, and I'll immediately hear their cry.

for it's his only covering; it's his outer garment, for what else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I'll hear him, for I am gracious.

"About this time tomorrow I'll send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him as Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel. He'll deliver my people from the control of the Philistines, because I've seen the suffering of my people and because their cry has come up to me."

"What did you do?" God asked. "Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

The king of Egypt eventually died, and the Israelis groaned because of the bondage. They cried out, and their cry for deliverance from slavery ascended to God.

The LORD said, "I have certainly seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their slave masters. I really do understand their pain,

Now, listen carefully! The cry of the Israelis has come to my attention about how severely the Egyptians have been oppressing them.

I'm going to deal with them in rage and anger. I'll show neither pity nor compassion. They'll cry loudly directly in my ears, but I won't listen to them."