'Help' in the Bible

They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.

May he send you help from his temple; from Zion may he give you support!

The Lord will deliver the king; he will answer us when we call to him for help!

For the music director; according to the tune "Morning Doe;" a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.

But you, O Lord, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the Lord! May you live forever!

I continually look to the Lord for help, for he will free my feet from the enemy's net.

Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

I jumped to conclusions and said, "I am cut off from your presence!" But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

I sought the Lord's help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

Those who look to him for help are happy; their faces are not ashamed.

The Lord pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.

Grab your small shield and large shield, and rise up to help me!

Hurry and help me, O Lord, my deliverer!

"O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

How blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!

Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!

Rise up and help us! Rescue us because of your loyal love!

My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side.

I cry out for help to the sovereign God, to the God who vindicates me.

May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!

Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!

The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

I cried out to him for help and praised him with my tongue.

I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

For the music director; by David; written to get God's attention. O God, please be willing to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!

O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me!

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.

Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation!

Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.

Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

Help me, O Lord my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me!

and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help.

Help me to understand what your precepts mean! Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.

All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. Help me!

I am up before dawn crying for help. I find hope in your word.

(Tav) Listen to my cry for help, O Lord! Give me insight by your word!

May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts.

May I live and praise you! May your regulations help me!

A song of ascents. I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?

My help comes from the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth!

When I cried out for help, you answered me. You made me bold and energized me.

Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

A psalm of David. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!

He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got -- disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got -- cries for help!

He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.

What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

At that time you will say: "Praise the Lord! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique!

At that time those who live on this coast will say, 'Look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help, expecting to be rescued from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?'"

all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them, who cannot give them aid or help, but only shame and disgrace."

This is a message about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.

Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt's many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.

Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!

But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

They help one another; one says to the other, 'Be strong!'

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

This is what the Lord says: "At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.

The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

When you cry out for help, let your idols help you! The wind blows them all away, a breeze carries them away. But the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain."

You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.

Your priests did not ask, 'Where is the Lord?' Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.

Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!

What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?

Why do you constantly go about changing your political allegiances? You will get no help from Egypt just as you got no help from Assyria.

Moreover, you will come away from Egypt with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame because the Lord will not allow your reliance on them to be successful and you will not gain any help from them.

We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the Lord our God is the only one who can deliver Israel.

In fact, I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like that of a woman giving birth to her first baby. It is the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, reaching out for help, saying, "I am done in! My life is ebbing away before these murderers!"

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!

They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say, 'Everything will be all right!' But everything is not all right!

They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, "Everything will be all right!" But everything is not all right!

Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you."

So I, the Lord, say this: 'I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

Then those living in the towns of Judah and in Jerusalem will go and cry out for help to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. However, those gods will by no means be able to save them when disaster strikes them.

So, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them. For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them."

Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues."

Then I said, "Lord, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, 'Our ancestors had nothing but false gods -- worthless idols that could not help them at all.

But the Lord is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.

"Please ask the Lord to come and help us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave."

"The Lord God of Israel says, 'Give a message to the king of Judah who sent you to ask me to help him. Tell him, "The army of Pharaoh that was on its way to help you will go back home to Egypt.

So these officials said to the king, "This man must be put to death. For he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in the city as well as all the other people there by these things he is saying. This man is not seeking to help these people but is trying to harm them."

For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the Lord, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete.

You will stumble and fall, you proud city; no one will help you get up. I will set fire to your towns; it will burn up everything that surrounds you."

Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.

(Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her.