Psalm 77:2

New English Translation

In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, “but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. “No,” he said, “I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.

2 Chronicles 6:28

“The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight, and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.

Job 11:13

“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,

Psalm 18:6

In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

Psalm 50:15

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”

Psalm 55:17

During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.

Psalm 63:6

whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.

Psalm 86:7

In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me.

Proverbs 18:14

A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness – but who can bear a crushed spirit?

Isaiah 26:16

O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.

Isaiah 26:9

I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

Jeremiah 31:15

The Lord says, “A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound!

Hosea 6:1

“Come on! Let’s return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!

John 11:31

Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Hebrews 5:7

During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.