Verse 2

My voice cries out to God, and I will call aloud; my voice reaches God, and He listens to me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:35 : 35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "I will go down to Sheol mourning my son." And his father wept for him.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
  • Isa 26:9 : 9 My soul yearns for You in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks You. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
  • Isa 26:16 : 16 LORD, in their distress they sought You; they poured out whispered prayers when Your discipline was upon them.
  • Jer 31:15 : 15 This is what the LORD says: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping—Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they are no more.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king for help. But he cannot heal you or cure your wound.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us down, but He will bind us up.
  • Jonah 2:1-2 : 1 The LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights. 2 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish.
  • John 11:31 : 31 The Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, saw how Mary quickly got up and went out. They followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to weep there.
  • 2 Cor 12:7-8 : 7 And because of the extraordinary revelations, so that I might not become conceited, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me, so that I would not become conceited. 8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 During His earthly life, He offered prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission.
  • Gen 32:7-9 : 7 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, 'We went to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you with four hundred men.' 8 Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people with him, along with the flocks, herds, and camels, into two camps. 9 He thought, 'If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp that is left will escape.' 10 Then Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, 11 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown to your servant. With only my staff, I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 12 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from Esau, for I am afraid of him. He might come and strike me, the mothers, and the children.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 The man asked him, 'What is your name?' 'Jacob,' he answered.
  • Ps 63:6 : 6 My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods, and with joyful lips my mouth will praise you.
  • Ps 86:7 : 7 In the day of my distress I will call upon You, for You will answer me.
  • Ps 88:1-3 : 1 A song, a psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief musician. According to Mahalath Leannoth, a contemplative poem of Heman the Ezrahite. 2 LORD, the God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. 3 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
  • Ps 102:1-2 : 1 A prayer of an afflicted person, when they are overwhelmed and pour out their complaint before the LORD. 2 LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you.
  • Ps 130:1-2 : 1 A song of ascents. From the depths I call to You, LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
  • Prov 18:14 : 14 A person's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
  • Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why will you still be struck down? Why do you continue to rebel? Every head is sick, and every heart is faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, only wounds, bruises, and raw sores. They have not been tended, or bandaged, or softened with oil.
  • 2 Kgs 19:3-4 : 3 They said to him, "This is what Hezekiah says: 'Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.' 4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for the remnant that survives."
  • 2 Kgs 19:15-20 : 15 Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: 'Lord God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.' 16 Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to taunt the living God. 17 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands. 18 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but merely the work of human hands—wood and stone. 19 But now, Lord our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God. 20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, 'This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.'
  • 2 Chr 6:28 : 28 When famine or plague comes to the land, blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or if an enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,
  • Esth 4:1-4 : 1 When Mordecai learned about everything that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. 2 He went as far as the king’s gate, but no one was allowed to enter the king's gate wearing sackcloth. 3 In every province where the king’s command and decree had reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4 When Esther’s attendants and eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear so he could remove his sackcloth, but he refused them.
  • Job 11:13 : 13 If you would set your heart right and stretch out your hands toward Him,
  • Ps 6:2-3 : 2 LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath. 3 Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking with fear.
  • Ps 18:6 : 6 The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the traps of death confronted me.
  • Ps 38:3-8 : 3 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down upon me. 4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. 5 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too much for me to bear. 6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. 7 I am bent over and deeply bowed down; all day long I go about mourning. 8 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no health in my body.