15 Bible Verses about Cries Of Distress To God

I cried out to you, "Deliver me, so that I can keep your rules."

A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the Lord and he answered me.

A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord.

(Qof) I cried out with all my heart, "Answer me, O Lord! I will observe your statutes."

Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice, "Alas, sovereign Lord! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!"

For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry,

for it is his only covering -- it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.

"At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!"

But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.

The Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.

Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them."