Azariah went to meet Asa. Azariah said, “Listen to me Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you look for the Lord, you will find him. But if you leave him, he will leave you.
Trapped, I called to the Lord for help.\par Yes, I called to my God.\par God was in his temple.\par He heard my voice.\par He heard my cry for help.\par
Why? Because the Lord helps poor people who have troubles.\par The Lord is not ashamed of them.\par He doesn’t hate them.\par If people call to the Lord for help,\par he will not hide from them.\par
Some people want good things\par to happen to me.\par I hope those people will be very happy!\par Those people always say,\par “The Lord is great!\par He wants what is best for his servant.”\par
God saves me.\par I trust him.\par I am not afraid.\par He saves me.\par The Lord YAH is my strength.\par He saves me.\par And I sing songs of praise about him. {\cf2\super [139]} \par
“I was in very bad trouble.\par I called to the Lord for help,\par and he answered me!\par I was deep in the grave. {\cf2\super [8]} \par I cried to you, Lord,\par and you heard my voice!\par
While Christ lived on earth he prayed to God and asked God for help. God is the One who could save him from death, and Jesus prayed to God with loud cries and tears. And God answered Jesus’ prayers because Jesus was humble and did everything God wanted.
But David thought to himself, “Saul will catch me some day. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. That way I will escape from Saul.”