Lord, in distress we searched for you. We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.

耶和华啊，他们在急难中寻求你；你的惩罚临到他们身上，他们就倾心吐胆祷告你。

耶和华啊，他们在急难中寻求你。你的管教临到他们身上时，他们倾吐低声的祷告。

耶和华啊，他们在急难中寻求你。你的管教临到他们身上时，他们倾吐低声的祷告。

耶和华啊，我们是你的子民，我们在危难中寻求你。你管教我们的时候，我们就向你祈求。

耶和华啊！我们在急难中寻求你；你的惩罚临到我们身上的时候，我们就倾心吐意低声祷告。

耶和华啊，他们在危难中寻求你；你的管教临到他们，他们就低声向你倾心吐意！

耶和華啊，他們在急難中尋求你；你的懲罰臨到他們身上，他們就傾心吐膽禱告你。

耶和華啊，他們在急難中尋求你。你的管教臨到他們身上時，他們傾吐低聲的禱告。

耶和華啊，他們在急難中尋求你。你的管教臨到他們身上時，他們傾吐低聲的禱告。

耶和華啊，我們是你的子民，我們在危難中尋求你。你管教我們的時候，我們就向你祈求。

耶和華啊！我們在急難中尋求你；你的懲罰臨到我們身上的時候，我們就傾心吐意低聲禱告。

永恆主啊，我們在急難中探求了你；你的懲罰臨到我們身上時，我們傾吐了低聲的禱告。

耶和華啊，他們在危難中尋求你；你的管教臨到他們，他們就低聲向你傾心吐意！

耶和華歟、彼於難中尋求爾、受爾懲罰、則奉祈禱、

耶和華與、民罹禍患、望爾眷佑、既受扑責、則柔聲下氣、以祈求爾、

主歟、民遭患難、則仰念主、主加之懲罰、則傾心以祈求主、

Lord, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

Lord, when your people were suffering, they came to you. When you punished them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

O Lord, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them.

LORD, they went to you in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because your discipline fell on them.

Lord, they sought You in distress; They could only whisper a prayer, Your discipline was upon them.

Lord, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Lord, they went to You in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because Your discipline fell on them.

LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer[ when] thy chastening[ was] upon them.

O LORD, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and turn to me. For as soon as trouble comes, they will earnestly search for me.”

It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon, but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish— anguish like that of a woman in labor.

Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”

When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.

But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.“ In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the Lord your God and listen to what he tells you.

My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!

They told him,“ This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.

But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the Lord his God and sincerely humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.And when he prayed, the Lord listened to him and was moved by his request. So the Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh finally realized that the Lord alone is God!

I cry out to God; yes, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me!When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted.

I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles.

“ Oh no, sir!” she replied.“ I haven’t been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the Lord.

The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. The Israelites were in great distress.Finally, they cried out to the Lord for help, saying,“ We have sinned against you because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal.”

Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer, pleading for your children, for in every street they are faint with hunger.

They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for grain and new wine, and they turn away from me.

But in that land of exile, they might turn to you in repentance and pray,‘ We have sinned, done evil, and acted wickedly.’If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their captivity and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors— toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name—

I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.