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Psalms 120:1
I call out to the Lord when I’m in trouble, and he answers me.
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Psalms 18:4-6
The ropes of death were almost wrapped around me. A destroying flood swept over me.The ropes of the grave were tight around me. Death set its trap in front of me.When I was in trouble, I called out to the Lord. I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice. My cry for help reached his ears.
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Psalms 34:6
This poor man called out, and the Lord heard him. He saved him out of all his troubles.
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Psalms 88:1-7
Lord, you are the God who saves me. Day and night I cry out to you.Please hear my prayer. Pay attention to my cry for help.I have so many troubles I’m about to die.People think my life is over. I’m like someone who doesn’t have any strength.People treat me as if I were dead. I’m like those who have been killed and are now in the grave. You don’t even remember them anymore. They are cut off from your care.It’s as if you have put me deep down in the grave. It’s as if you have put me in that deep, dark place.Your great anger lies heavy on me. All the waves of your anger have crashed over me.
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1 Samuel 30 6
David was greatly troubled. His men were even talking about killing him by throwing stones at him. All of them were very bitter because their sons and daughters had been taken away. But David was made strong by the Lord his God.
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Psalms 86:13
Great is your love for me. You have kept me from going down into the place of the dead.
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Psalms 22:24
He has not forgotten the one who is hurting. He has not turned away from his suffering. He has not turned his face away from him. He has listened to his cry for help.
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Luke 22:44
Because he was very sad and troubled, he prayed even harder. His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
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Hebrews 5:7
Jesus prayed while he lived on earth. He made his appeal with sincere cries and tears. He prayed to the God who could save him from death. God answered Jesus because he truly honored God.
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Psalms 116:3
The ropes of death were wrapped around me. The horrors of the grave came over me. I was overcome by sadness and sorrow.
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Psalms 4:1
My faithful God, answer me when I call out to you. Give me rest from my trouble. Have mercy on me. Hear my prayer.
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Psalms 16:10
You will not leave me in the place of the dead. You will not let your faithful one rot away.
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Psalms 61:2
From a place far away I call out to you. I call out as my heart gets weaker. Lead me to the safety of a rock that is high above me.
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Genesis 32:7-12
Jacob was very worried and afraid. So he separated the people with him into two groups. He also separated the flocks and herds and camels.He thought,“ Esau might come and attack one group. If he does, the group that’s left can escape.”Then Jacob prayed,“ You are the God of my grandfather Abraham. You are the God of my father Isaac. Lord, you are the one who said to me,‘ Go back to your country and your relatives. Then I will give you success.’You have been very kind and faithful to me. But I’m not worthy of any of this. When I crossed this Jordan River, all I had was my walking stick. But now I’ve become two camps.Please save me from the hand of my brother Esau. I’m afraid he’ll come and attack me and the mothers with their children.But you have said,‘ I will surely give you success. I will make your children as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. People will not be able to count them.’ ”
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Psalms 142:1-3
I call out to the Lord. I pray to him for mercy.I pour out my problem to him. I tell him about my trouble.When I grow weak, you are watching over my life. In the path where I walk, people have hidden a trap to catch me.
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Matthew 12:40
Jonah was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and three nights. Something like that will happen to the Son of Man. He will spend three days and three nights in the grave.
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Psalms 65:2
All people will come to you, because you hear and answer prayer.
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Acts 2:27
You will not leave me in the place of the dead. You will not let your holy one rot away.
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Genesis 32:24-28
So Jacob was left alone. A man wrestled with him until morning.The man saw that he couldn’t win. So he touched the inside of Jacob’s hip. As Jacob wrestled with the man, Jacob’s hip was twisted.Then the man said,“ Let me go. It is morning.” But Jacob replied,“ I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”The man asked him,“ What is your name?”“ Jacob,” he answered.Then the man said,“ Your name will not be Jacob anymore. Instead, it will be Israel. You have wrestled with God and with people. And you have won.”
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Isaiah 14:9
“ King of Babylon, many people in the place of the dead are really excited. They’re excited about meeting you when you go down there. The spirits of the dead get up to welcome you. At one time all of them were leaders in the world. They were kings over the nations. They get up from their thrones.
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1 Samuel 1 16
Don’t think of me as an evil woman. I’ve been praying here because I’m very sad. My pain is so great.”