Prayer: Answered

They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.

In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.

They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.

For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.

O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. …

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!

For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.

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.

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

Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered. …

Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. …

I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.

Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.

I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

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

On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”

You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.

Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—

From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,

…saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.