Psalm 130:1-2

From the depths of despair, O LORD,

    I call for your help.

Hear my cry, O Lord.

    Pay attention to my prayer. 

     

From the depths of despair, O LORD, I call for your help. 

Psalm 42:7

I hear the tumult of the raging seas

    as your waves and sweeping tides sweep over me.  (see all Psalm 42)

Psalm 69:2  

Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;

    I can't find a foothold.

I am in deep water,

    and the floods overwhelm me.  (see all Psalm 69)

Job 30:19  

"He has thrown me into the mud.

    I am nothing more than dust and ashes."  (see all Job 30)

Lamentations 3:55  

But I called on your name, LORD,

    from deep within the pit.  (see Lamentations 3:52-66)

Psalm 22:2  

Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.

    Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.  (see all Psalm 22)

Psalm 55:17  

Morning, noon, and night

    I cry out in my distress,

    and the LORD hears my voice.  (see all Psalm 55)

 

Hear my cry, O LORD. Pay attention to my prayer.  

2 Chronicles 6:40  

    "Oh my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place."  (see all 2 Chronicles 6)

Psalm 28:2  

Listen to my prayer for mercy

    as I cry out to you for help,

    as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.  (see all Psalm 28)

Psalm 64:1  

O God, listen to my complaint.

    Protect my life from my enemies' threats.  (see all Psalm 64)

Psalm 27:7  

Hear me as I pray, O LORD.

    Be merciful and answer me!  (see all Psalm 27)

Psalm 31:22  

In panic I cried out,

    "I am cut off from the LORD!"

But you heard my cry for mercy

    and answered my call for help.  (see all Psalm 31)

Psalm 86:6  

Listen closely to my prayer, O LORD,

    hear my urgent cry.  (see all Psalm 86)

Psalm 140:6  

I said to the LORD, "You are my God!"

    Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy!  (see all Psalm 140) 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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