'Distress' in the Bible
Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
Thou art a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, With songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah.
For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress:
And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- haste, answer me.
In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.
He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers.
In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.
In a day of my distress I call Thee, For Thou dost answer me.
He doth call Me, and I answer him, I am with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.
And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,
And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distress He delivereth them,
Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands are my delights.
A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.
If I walk in the midst of distress Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth save me.
I pour forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare.
For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul,