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149 Bible verses to ask for help in times of need
(Shir HaMa'alot) 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the harim (hills), from whence cometh ezri (my help).Ezri (my help) cometh from Hashem, Oseh Shomayim va'Aretz.
And my G-d will fill every machsor (shortage, want) of yours according to his osher (riches) in Kavod in Moshiach Yehoshua.
Keep asking and it shall be given to you; keep searching and you shall find; keep knocking and the delet shall be opened to you.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am Eloheicha; I will strengthen thee; indeed, I will help thee; indeed, I will uphold thee with My yamin tzedek.
Therefore, let us approach with bitachon the Kisse of Chesed, that we may receive rachamim and may find chesed for timely ezrah (aid).
Come to me, all you who are burden-weary and heavy laden, and I will give you Shabbos menuchah.Take my ol (yoke) upon you and learn from me, for I am anav (humble) and have shiflut (lowliness) in lev (heart), and you will find menuchah (rest, security) for your nefashot (souls).They asked him, Tell us. Are you Hu Habah (He who comes) or is our chikiah (wait) to be for the Bias (Coming) of another?For my ol (yoke) is easy and my burden is light.
HASHLECH AL ADONOI Y'HAVECHA V'HU Y'CHALKELECHA (Cast your care on Hashem and He will sustain you), because Hashem cares and is concerned about you.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his lev; his devarim were softer than shemen, yet they were drawn swords.
The face of Hashem is against them that do rah, to cut off the zekher (remembrance) of them from ha'aretz.
He giveth ko'ach to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth power.The voice of him that preacheth in the midbar: Prepare ye the Derech Hashem, make straight in the Aravah a highway for Eloheinu.Even the ne'arim (youths) shall faint and grow weary, and the bochurim shall utterly fall;But they that wait upon Hashem shall renew their ko'ach; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not grow weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee gedolot (great things) and unsearchable things, which thou knowest not.
And we have da'as that for those who love Hashem everything co-operates toward HaTov for those who are HaKeru'im (the summoned, called ones) according to the etzah (wisdom) of the tochnit Hashem (G-dʼs purposeful and willed plan or goal).
And whatever you ask b'Shem of me I will do, that HaAv may receive kavod in HaBen.If anything you ask me b'Shem of me, I will do it.
(Of Dovid) 1 Hashem is my ohr and Yishi (my Salvation); whom shall I fear? Hashem is the ma'oz (stronghold) of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
When thou passest through the mayim, I will be with thee; and through the neharot, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the eish, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
And Hashem, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither abandon thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
These things I have spoken to you that in me you may have shalom. In the Olam Hazeh you have tribulation; but have lev same'ach. I have conquered the Olam Hazeh.
He that dwelleth in the seter Elyon (covering, hiding place of the Most High) shall abide under the tzel Shaddai (shadow of the Almighty).There shall no ra'ah (evil, disaster) befall thee, neither shall any nega come near thy ohel.For He shall give charge to His malachim (angels) concerning thee, to be shomer over thee in kol drakhim of thee.They shall bear thee up on their palms, lest thou dash thy regel against an even (stone).Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the tannin (serpent) shalt thou trample under foot.Because he hath set his longing upon Me, therefore will I rescue him; I will set him on high, because he hath da'as of Shmi (My Name).He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in tzoros; I will deliver him, and honor him.With orech yamim (length of days, long life) will I satisfy him, and show him My Yeshu'ah (salvation).I will say of Hashem, He is my refuge and my fortress; Elohai (my G-d); in Him will I trust.
May the Elohei HaTikvah (the G-d of hope) fill you with simcha and shalom in believing, that you may overflow in tikvah (hope), in the ko'ach (power) of the Ruach Hakodesh.
Commit thy derech (road, way) unto Hashem; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.
I have set Hashem always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Trust in Hashem with all thine lev, and lean not unto thine own binah (understanding).In all thy drakhim acknowledge Him, and He shall make yosher thy orkhot (paths).
So that we say with bitachon, HASHEM LI my helper, LO IRA MAH YA'ASEH LI ADAM? (The L-rd is my helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?)
And this is the bitachon which we have with Him, that if we daven and request anything according to His ratzon (will), He hears us.And if we have da'as that He hears us, whatever we ask, we have da'as that we have the requests which we asked from Him.
For I Hashem Eloheicha will take hold of thy yamin (right hand), saying unto thee: Fear not; I will help thee.
Yea, though I walk through the Gey Tzalmavet (Valley of the Shadow of Death), I will fear no rah (evil); for Thou art with me; Thy shevet (rod) and Thy staff they comfort me.
Baruch hu Hashem Elohim Avi of Adoneinu Yehoshua HaMoshiach, Avi HaRachamim vaElohei kol nechamah (comfort),The one giving us chizzuk (strengthening) with respect to all our tzoros so as to enable us to give chizzuk to the ones experiencing tzoros, and that through the nechamah (comfort) by which we ourselves are comforted by Hashem.
Be anxious in nothing, but in everything by tefillah and by techinnah (supplication) with hodayah (thanksgiving), let your requests be made known before Hashem,And the shalom Hashem, surpassing all binah (understanding), will guard your levavot and your machshavot (thoughts) in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.
(For the one directing. According to Yedutun. Mizmor of Dovid)Truly Bnei Adam (those of low estate) are hevel (vanity), and Bnei Ish (those who are highborn) are kazav (a lie); they go up in the balances; they are altogether lighter than hevel (vanity).Trust not in oshek (oppression, extortion) and become not vain in gazel (the thing taken as plunder); if riches increase, set not your lev upon them.Elohim hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that oz (strength) belongeth unto Elohim.Also unto Thee, Adonoi, belongeth chesed; for Thou renderest to ish (every man) according to his ma'asim (deeds).Truly my nefesh waiteth silently upon Elohim; from Him cometh my Yeshu'ah (salvation).
Hinei, El is my Yeshu'ah (Salvation); I will trust, and not be afraid; for Hashem G-d is my strength and my zemirah; He also has become my Yeshu'ah (Salvation).
But seek first the Malchut Hashem and the Tzidkat Hashem, and all these things will be added to you.
In view of these things, what therefore shall we say? If Hashem is for us, who is against us?
Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; let such as love Thy teshuah say continually: Hashem be magnified!
But the Teshu'at Tzaddikim is of Hashem; He is their ma'oz (stronghold, refuge) in the time of tzoros.Delight thyself also in Hashem, and He shall give thee the desires of thine lev.And Hashem helps them, and delivers them; He shall deliver them from the resha'im, and save them, because they take refuge in Him.
Thou wilt keep him in shalom shalom, whose yetzer (mind-set) is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee.Trust ye in Hashem forever; for in G-d Hashem is Tzur Olamin;
My flesh and my levav may fail; but Elohim is the Tzur of my levav, and my chelek l'olam.
Let us, without wavering, hold firmly to the hoda'ah of Tikveteinu, for Ne'eman is the One having given the havtachah (promise).
Let mavet seize upon them, and let them go down chayyim into Sheol; for ra'ot (evils) are in their dwellings, and among them.As for me, I will call upon Elohim; and Hashem shall save me.
EINEI ADONOI EL TZADDIKIM V'AZNAV EL SHAV'ATAM (Because the tzaddikim are before the eyes of Hashem and His ears are open to their tefillos). P'NEI ADONOI B'OSEI RAH L'HACHRIT ME'ARETZ ZICHRAM (But the face of the L-rd is against the ones doing evil to cut off their memory from the earth).
And Hashem is able to cause to abound to you all Chen v'Chesed Hashem that in everything, always, having all sufficiency, you may abound to every mitzvah.
Fier zich (comport oneself) in your derech free of chamdanut (covetousness), being content with what you have, for He Himself has said, LO ARPECHA V'LO E'EZVECHA (I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you),So that we say with bitachon, HASHEM LI my helper, LO IRA MAH YA'ASEH LI ADAM? (The L-rd is my helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?)
I called upon Hashem in distress; Hashem answered me, and set me in a broad place.Hashem is on my side; I will not fear; what can adam do unto me?
Turn unto Me, and be ye saved, kol afsei Eretz (all the ends of the Earth); I am El (G-d), and there is no other.
When I remember Thee upon my bed, and meditate on Thee in the ashmurot (night watches).Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in the tzel (shadow) of Thy wings will I sing with joy.
And having looked upon them, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, With Bnei Adam it is impossible; but with Hashem all things are possible.
Thou hast put simcha in my lev, more than in the time that their dagan and their tirosh increased.
As for G-d, His derech is tamim; the Word of Hashem is proven; He is a mogen (shield) to all them that trust in Him.
Our nefesh waiteth for Hashem; He is ezreinu (our help) and moginneinu (our shield).For libeinu (our heart) shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted b'Shem Kadsho (in His holy Name).Let Thy chesed, Hashem, be upon us, even as we have hoped in Thee.
For V'HAYAH KOL ASHER YIKRA B'SHEM ADONOI (Everyone whoever calls upon the Name of the L-rd — Yoel 3:5 [2:32]) shall be delivered.
Now to the One who is able to do exceedingly abundantly, beyond all that we ask or think, according to the ko'ach working in us.To Him be kavod in the Brit Chadasha Kehillah and in Moshiach Yehoshua, bekhol hadorot l'Olam va'ed. Omein.
The Shem of Hashem is a strong migdal (tower), the tzaddik runneth into it, and is safe.
For the harim (mountains) shall depart, and the geva'ot (hills) be removed; but My chesed shall not depart from thee, neither shall the Brit of My Shalom be removed, saith Merachamech Hashem (Hashemthe One having rachamim on thee).
O love Hashem, all ye His Chasidim; for Hashem preserveth the emunim (the faithful ones), but He pays back in full the oseh ga'avah (the one acting in pride, haughtily).
For I know the machshavot (thoughts, plans) that I think toward you, saith Hashem, machshavot shalom, and not of ra'ah, to give you an acharit (future) and a tikvah (hope).Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go and v'hitpalaltem (and you [plural] will pray) unto Me, and I will pay heed unto you.
Thou hast ascended on marom (high), Thou hast led captivity captive; Thou hast received mattanot among adam; yes, even from the sorerim (the rebellious) also, that Hashem Elohim might dwell.
[Dalet] Show me Thy ways, Hashem; teach me Thy paths.[Heh Vav] Lead me in Thy emes, and teach me; for Thou art the Elohei of my Salvation; on Thee do I wait kol hayom.
And, when you daven, all things whatever for which you may make techinnah (petition, supplication) with emunah, you will receive.
Thou art my seter (hiding place, shelter); Thou shalt preserve me from tzoros; Thou shalt envelop me with songs of deliverance. Selah
Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He brought them out of their distresses.He made the sa'arah (storm) a calm, so that the galim (waves) thereof were still. And gathered them out of the lands, from the mizrach (east), and from the ma'arav (west), from the tzafon (north), and from the yam (sea).Then were they glad because they were quiet; so He brought them unto their makhoz chefetz (desired haven, city, district, boundary).
Have simcha always.Daven unceasingly.In everything offer hodayah, for this is the ratzon Hashem in Moshiach Yehoshua for you.
The ganav does not come except in order that he may steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have Chayyim (Life) and that they may have it more abundantly.
If you remain in me and the devarim of me remain in you, whatever you want, ask, and it will be done for you!
He maketh milchamot to cease unto the end of ha'aretz; He breaketh the keshet (bow), and cutteth the khanit (spear); He burneth the chariots in the eish.
Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the Elohei Olam, Hashem, Boreh Ketzot HaAretz (Creator of the ends of the earth), fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of His tevunah (understanding, intelligence).He giveth ko'ach to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth power.
For Hashem did not bestow upon us a ruach of pachad (terror), but of gevurah (miraculous power) and of ahavah (love) and of sound havchanah (judgment).
Hashem is my strength and my mogen; my lev trusts in Him, and I am helped; therefore my lev greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I thank Him.
But surely Elohim hath heard me; He hath attended to the kol tefillati (voice of my prayer).Sing forth the kavod Shmo; make kavod (glorious) His tehillah (praise).Baruch Elohim, Who hath not turned away my tefillah, nor His chesed from me.
In the same way, the Ruach Hakodesh helps us in our weakness. For as we daven, we do not know as we should for what to make tefillos (prayers), but the Ruach HaKodesh Himself intercedes on our behalf with labor pang groans not intelligibly uttered.
What profit is there in my dahm, in my going down into the pit? Shall the aphar (dust) praise Thee? Shall it declare Thy emes?Shema, Hashem, and channeini; Hashem, be Thou my helper.
Being convinced of this: that He who began a pe'ulah hatovah (good work) in you, will bring that mitzvoh to completion by Yom Hashem, the Yom Adoneinu, Moshiach Yehoshua.
In the day when I called out, Thou answeredst me, and madest me bold with oz (strength) in my nefesh.
Therefore, nisht azoi (not so)! Be different, for your Av has daas (knowledge) of what things you have need before you ask Him.
(For the one directing. Set to Do Not Destroy. Mikhtam of Dovid, when he had fled from Sha'ul into the me'arah [cave])I will give thanks unto Thee, Adonoi, among the peoples; I will sing of Thee among the peoples.For Thy chesed is gadol unto Shomayim, and Thy emes unto the heights.Be Thou exalted, O Elohim, above Shomayim; let Thy kavod be above kol ha'aretz (all the earth).Channeni, O Elohim, channeni; for my nefesh taketh refuge in Thee; yes, in the tzel (shadow) of Thy wings will I make my refuge, until these devastations pass by.
And without Emunah it is impossible to please Hashem. For it is necessary for the one making a kiruv approach to Hashem to have Emunah in the fact that yesh Elohim (G-d is there), and that Elohim gives sachar (reward) to those who seek him with zerizut.
In Thee, Hashem, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in Thy tzedakah.
Sing joyfully, O Shomayim; and rejoice, O Eretz; and break forth into singing, O Harim; for Hashem hath comforted His people, and will have rachamim upon his afflicted ones.
Not only so, but we also glory in tzoros (troubles, afflictions), knowing that tzarah (trouble) produces savlanut (patience),Savlanut produces tested character and midos, and tested character and midos produce tikvah.
(Mizmor of Dovid) 1 Hear my tefillah, Hashem, give ear to my techinot (supplications); in Thy emunah answer me, and in Thy tzedakah.
Until now you did not ask anything b'Shem of me. Ask and you will receive that the simcha of you may be shleimah.
Behold, the Yad Hashem is not too short, that it cannot save; neither His ozen (ear) too kaved (hard, insensitive, heavy, dull) that it cannot hear;
It is better to trust in Hashem than to put confidence in adam.It is better to trust in Hashem than to put confidence in nedivim (nobles).
[Tzade] The tzoros of my lev are multiplied; O bring Thou me forth out of my distresses.[Resh] Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and take away all my chattot.
But Hashem demonstrates His ahavah for us in that while we were still chote'im, Moshiach died for us.
Whoso offereth todah glorifieth Me; and to him that ordereth his derech aright will I show the Salvation of Elohim.
Because through Moshiach we both have HaSha'ar laHashem (gate to approach G-dʼs presence, access of the tzaddikim) by one Ruach Hakodesh to Elokim HaAv.
And thine oznayim shall hear a davar behind thee, saying, This is the derech (road), walk ye on it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Pachad (fear) is not in ahavah, but the ahavah hashleimah casts out pachad, because pachad has to do with pachad of the onesh (punishment) and the one with pachad has not been perfected in ahavah.
[Koph] Karov (near) is Hashem unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in emes.
Tehillah (praise) is due Thee, O Elohim, in Tziyon; And unto Thee shall the neder (vow) be performed.
For thus saith Adonoi Hashem Kadosh Yisroel; In shuvah (returning) and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your gevurah (strength); but ye would not.
But they that wait upon Hashem shall renew their ko'ach; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not grow weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Be not afraid of sudden pachad (terror), neither of the desolation of the resha'im (wicked ones), when it cometh.For Hashem shall be thy confidence, and shall be shomer over thy regel from the snare.
Say to them that are of a fearful lev, Be strong, fear not; hinei, Eloheichem (your G-d) will come with nakam (vengeance), with Elohim gemul (divine retribution) He will come and save you.
And that which you learned and you received and you heard and you saw in me, practice these and Elohei HaShalom will be with you.
May the G-d of savlanut and of nechamah give you to live in harmony among yourselves in accordance with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua,
When my lev said of Thee, Seek ye My face, my lev said unto Thee, Thy face, Hashem, will I seek.
But if any one of you is lacking chochmah (wisdom), let him direct tefillah (prayer) and techinot (petitions) to Hashem, the One whose matanot (gifts) are given generously and without grudging, and chochmah will be given to him.
Therefore, if you, being ra'im (evil ones), know to give matanot tovot (good gifts) to your yeladim, how much more does your Av sh'ba'Shomayim give hatov (the good) to the ones asking Him.
I looked on my right, and behold, there was no man that would know me; refuge failed me; no man cared for my nefesh.
As one whom his em comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Yerushalayim.
For I am convinced that neither Histalkus nor Chayyim nor Malachim nor Rulers, neither things present nor things to come nor kochot (powers),Neither height nor depth nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the ahavas Hashem which is in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu.
Baruch hagever asher yivtach baHashem (Blessed is the man that trusteth in Hashem), and whose mivtach (confidence) Hashem is.For he shall be as an etz planted by the mayim, and that spreadeth out her shorashim (roots) by the brook, and shall not fear when chom (heat) cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the shenat batzoret (year of drought), neither shall cease from yielding p'ri (fruit).
Mine adversaries kol hayom trample me; for they be rabbim that fight against me, Marom (Most High).
Daven in the Ruach Hakodesh always with all tefillos and techinnah (supplication). To that end keep shomer and always persevere in techinnah (supplication) for the Kedoshim;
Search me, O El, and know my levav; test me, and know my thoughts;And see if there be any derech otzev (torturous crooked road) in me, and lead me in the Derech Olam.
For the eyes of Hashem run to and fro kol HaAretz, to strengthen them whose lev is shalem (wholehearted) toward Him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; therefore from henceforth thou shalt have milchamot.
For a yom in Thy khatzrot is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the Beis Elohai, than to dwell in the ohalim resha (tents of wickedness).
For I will pour mayim upon him that is thirsty, and flowing streams upon the yabashah; I will pour out My Ruach upon thy zera, and My brocha upon thine offspring;
But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered, Katuv (It is written), LO AL HALECHEM LVADOH YCHEYEH HAADAM, KI AL KOL MOTZAH FI HASHEM (Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of Hashem).
I, even I, am He that comforteth you. Who art thou, that thou shouldest fear enosh that shall die, and ben adam which shall be made as khatzir (grass);
Let them wander up and down for okhel (food), and howl if they be not satisfied.But I will sing of Thy oz; yes, I will sing aloud of Thy chesed in the boker; for Thou hast been my stronghold and refuge in the day of my tzoros.
When the aniyim and evyonim seek mayim, and there is none, and their leshon faileth for tzama (thirst), I Hashem will hear them, I the Elohei Yisroel will not forsake them.