I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
Lamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
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But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee; For thou wilt answer me.
Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.
The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
7 more places the canon echoes this verse are mapped by book below ↓
The whole remaining floor, clustered by book in canonical order. The first references in each book travel with their words; the rest are one click from theirs.
Psalms3
Jeremiah2
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