בַּצָּרָה

Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

…to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.

‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’

So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.

Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.

I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.

The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels.

You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.

I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

…when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.