Lamentations 3:55

American Standard Version (1901)

I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.

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  • 2 Chr 33:11-12 : 11 Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 12 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
  • Ps 18:5-6 : 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. 6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
  • Ps 40:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
  • Ps 69:13-18 : 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. 16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me. 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily. 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
  • Ps 116:3-4 : 3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 4 Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
  • Ps 130:1-2 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah. 2 Lord, hear my voice: Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.
  • Ps 142:3-7 : 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me. 4 Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul. 5 I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks unto thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
  • Jer 38:6 : 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
  • Jonah 2:2-4 : 2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, [And] thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me. 4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
  • Acts 16:24-28 : 24 who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. 25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. 27 And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

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  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1[A Song of Ascents]. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.

    2Lord, hear my voice: Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.

  • Lam 3:56-57
    2 verses
    78%

    56Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

    57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

  • Ps 116:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, Therefore will I call [upon him] as long as I live.

    3The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

    4Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

  • Lam 3:53-54
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    77%

    53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

    54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

  • Jonah 2:2-7
    6 verses
    76%

    2And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, [And] thou heardest my voice.

    3For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

    4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

    7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.

  • Ps 30:8
    76%

    8I cried to thee, O Jehovah; And unto Jehovah I made supplication:

  • Ps 88:6
    76%

    6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

  • Ps 55:16
    75%

    16As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.

  • Ps 118:5
    74%

    5Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah: Jehovah answered me [and set me] in a large place.

  • Ps 18:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

    6In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

  • Ps 120:1
    74%

    1[A Song of Ascents]. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.

  • Ps 30:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

    3O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

  • Ps 142:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

    6Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

  • Ps 9:13
    73%

    13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

  • Ps 142:1
    73%

    1[Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer]. I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

    6The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

    7In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.

  • Ps 42:7
    73%

    7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

  • Ps 86:13
    72%

    13For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

  • Ps 28:1
    72%

    1[[ A Psalm] of David]. Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

  • Ps 69:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1[For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David]. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

    2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  • Ps 61:2
    72%

    2From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

  • Ps 141:1
    72%

    1[A Psalm of David]. Jehovah, I have called upon thee; Make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

  • Ps 88:1
    71%

    1[A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite]. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

  • Ps 140:6
    71%

    6I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.

  • Ps 18:16
    71%

    16He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

  • 2 Sam 22:17
    71%

    17He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;

  • Ps 40:1
    71%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

  • Ps 3:4
    71%

    4I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. {{Selah

  • Ps 31:22
    71%

    22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • Ps 18:3
    71%

    3I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

  • Ps 143:7
    71%

    7Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

  • Ps 25:16
    71%

    16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.

  • Ps 143:3
    70%

    3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

  • Ps 69:15
    70%

    15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.