Psalm 77:2

New International Version

When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.

2 Chronicles 6:28

“When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,

Job 11:13

“Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

Psalm 18:6

In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

Psalm 50:15

and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Psalm 55:17

Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.

Psalm 63:6

On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

Psalm 86:7

When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me.

Proverbs 18:14

The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

Isaiah 26:9

My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Jeremiah 31:15

This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

Hosea 5:13

“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores.

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.

John 11:31

When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

Hebrews 5:7

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.