Lamentations 3:55

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.

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  • 2 Chr 33:11-12 : 11 So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon. 12 And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,
  • Ps 18:5-6 : 5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me. 6 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.
  • Ps 40:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry. 2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
  • Ps 69:13-18 : 13 But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain. 14 Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters. 15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld. 16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity. 17 Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer. 18 Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.
  • Ps 116:3-4 : 3 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. 4 Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.
  • Ps 130:1-2 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord. 2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 142:3-7 : 3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go. 4 Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul. 5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living. 6 Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I. 7 Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.
  • Jer 38:6 : 6 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.
  • Jonah 2:2-4 : 2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said, 3 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. 4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
  • Acts 16:24-28 : 24 And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet. 25 But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners; 26 And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off. 27 And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away. 28 But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

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  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

    2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

  • Lam 3:56-57
    2 verses
    78%

    56 My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.

    57 You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.

  • Ps 116:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2 He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.

    3 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.

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

  • Lam 3:53-54
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    77%

    53 They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.

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

  • Jonah 2:2-7
    6 verses
    76%

    2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,

    3 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.

    4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

    5 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

    6 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

    7 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.

  • Ps 30:8
    76%

    8 My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

  • Ps 88:6
    76%

    6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

  • Ps 55:16
    75%

    16 As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

  • Ps 118:5
    74%

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

  • Ps 18:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

    6 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.

  • Ps 120:1
    74%

    1 <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

  • Ps 30:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.

    3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • Ps 142:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

    6 Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

  • Ps 9:13
    73%

    13 Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

  • Ps 142:1
    73%

    1 <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.> The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-7
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    73%

    5 For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

    6 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

    7 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 to his ears.

  • Ps 42:7
    73%

    7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

  • Ps 86:13
    72%

    13 For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.

  • Ps 28:1
    72%

    1 <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 69:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

    2 My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

  • Ps 61:2
    72%

    2 From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

  • Ps 141:1
    72%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.

  • Ps 88:1
    71%

    1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

  • Ps 140:6
    71%

    6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 18:16
    71%

    16 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

  • 2 Sam 22:17
    71%

    17 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

  • Ps 40:1
    71%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

  • Ps 3:4
    71%

    4 I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)

  • Ps 31:22
    71%

    22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

  • Ps 18:3
    71%

    3 I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

  • Ps 143:7
    71%

    7 Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 25:16
    71%

    16 Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

  • Ps 143:3
    70%

    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

  • Ps 69:15
    70%

    15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.