What Does the Bible Say About Affliction Prayer Under?

“LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.”

“Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.”

“O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.”

“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. trouble: Heb. weariness that: Heb. that hath found us”

“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.”

“I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.”

“How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.”

“Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?”

“That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.”

“There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.”

“Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.”

“Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:”

“Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?”

“Keep me as the apple of the eye , hide me under the shadow of thy wings,”

“From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. oppress: Heb. waste my: Heb. my enemies against the soul”

“The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.”

“Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.”

“Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. a plain: Heb. a way of plainness mine: Heb. those which observe me”

“LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. how: or, what time I have here”

“Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.”

“Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. blow: Heb. conflict”

“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.”

“O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.”

“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.”

“Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.”

“Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.”

“Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.”

“But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.”

“O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. former: or, the iniquities of them that were before us”

“Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.”

“Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.”

“Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?”

“Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?”

“O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.”

“Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.”

“Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.”

“Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. for: Heb. to comfort me”

“Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.”

“Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.”

“Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.”

“Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.”

“Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.”

“Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?”

“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.”

“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.”

“Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.”

“O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. speech: Heb. report, or, hearing revive: or, preserve alive”

“And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”

“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”