'Trouble' in the Bible

My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.

For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;

Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.

But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?

God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.

The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble:

The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

His heart is resting safely, he will have no fear, till he sees trouble come on his haters.

The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.

I still had faith, though I said, I am in great trouble;

I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.

This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.

Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.

I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.

O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,

Let my prayer come before you; take me out of trouble, as you have said.

In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.

I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.