'Distress' in the Bible
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.
Why do You stand far away, O Lord?Why do You hide [Yourself, veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble?
In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the LordAnd cried to my God for help;He heard my voice from His temple,And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.
When the righteous cry [for help], the Lord hearsAnd rescues them from all their distress and troubles.
I was mute and silent [before my enemies],I refrained even from good,And my distress grew worse.
But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;For You have been my strongholdAnd a refuge in the day of my distress.
Which my lips utteredAnd my mouth spoke as a promise when I was in distress.
Do not hide Your face from Your servant,For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
Draw near to my soul and redeem it;Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress].
He sent upon them His burning anger,His fury and indignation and distress,A band of angels of destruction [among them].
“You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you;I answered you in the secret place of thunder;I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress!Incline Your ear to me;In the day when I call, answer me quickly.
Nevertheless He looked [sympathetically] at their distressWhen He heard their cry;
Out of my distress I called on the Lord;The Lord answered me and set me free.
In my trouble I cried to the Lord,And He answered me.
Save my life, O Lord, for Your name’s sake;In Your righteousness bring my life out of trouble.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Concern (59 instances)
- Dispossession (1 instance)
- Distress (226 instances)
- Sadden (1 instance)
- Suffering (191 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
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Tsuwr
Tsar
Tsarah
Tsarar
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