In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord!
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor, all the hardships he endured,
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side— let Israel now say—
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say—
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”
For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”
For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.