Psalms 120:1

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Psalms 120:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

3 What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

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Psalms 128:1

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Psalms 129:1

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Psalms 130:1

Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

Psalms 131:1

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Psalms 132:1

O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,

Psalms 133:1

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

Psalms 134:1

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Psalms 30:7

O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

Psalms 30:8

To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:

Psalms 50:15

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

Psalms 116:3

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

Psalms 116:4

Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”

Psalms 118:5

In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

Isaiah 37:3

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Isaiah 37:4

Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

Isaiah 37:14

So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

Isaiah 37:15

And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:

Isaiah 37:16

“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 37:17

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

Isaiah 37:18

Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.

Isaiah 37:19

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

Isaiah 37:20

And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

Isaiah 38:2

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

Isaiah 38:3

saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Isaiah 38:4

And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

Isaiah 38:5

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

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saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

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And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

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During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.