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Psalms 118:5
When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.
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Psalms 22:20
Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
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Psalms 143:6-9
I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I hide myself in you.
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Psalms 142:4-6
Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.I cry to you, Lord; I say,“ You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.
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Isaiah 37:15-20
And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord:“ Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to all the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.“ It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.Now, Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are the only God.”
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Luke 23:42-43
Then he said,“ Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”Jesus answered him,“ Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
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2 Chronicles 33 12-2 Chronicles 33 13
In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.
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Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
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Psalms 34:6
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
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Psalms 6:4
Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
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Psalms 40:12-13
For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me.Be pleased to save me, Lord; come quickly, Lord, to help me.
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Psalms 25:17
Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.
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Isaiah 38:1-3
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said,“ This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,“ Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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Psalms 22:1-3
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
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Psalms 50:15
and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
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Psalms 30:7-8
Lord, when you favored me, you made my royal mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.To you, Lord, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy:
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Luke 18:13
“ But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘ God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
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Psalms 130:1-2
Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
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John 2:2
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.