Afflictions and Adversities

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Psalms 30:10 OT

  Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper.”

• Psalms 31:1-4 OT

  In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me. For you are my rock and my fortress,…

• Psalms 31:14-18 OT

  But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness. Let me not…

• Psalms 35:1-3 OT

  Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help. Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”

• Psalms 35:17 OT

  Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

• Psalms 35:19 OT

  Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

• Psalms 35:22 OT

  You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

• Psalms 35:23 OT

  Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

• Psalms 35:25 OT

  Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

• Psalms 38:1-22 OT

  Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in…

• Psalms 39:10 OT

  Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

• Psalms 39:12 OT

  “Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

• Psalms 39:13 OT

  Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”

• Psalms 40:13 OT

  Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.

• Psalms 40:17 OT

  But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

• Psalms 42:9 OT

  I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

• Psalms 43:1-5 OT

  Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Oh,…

• Psalms 44:4 OT

  You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!

• Psalms 44:23-26 OT

  Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever. Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth. Rise up to help us. Redeem us…

• Psalms 54:1-3 OT

  Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth. For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them.

• Psalms 55:1-17 OT

  Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication. Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering…

• Psalms 56:1-13 OT

  Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me. When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.…

• Psalms 57:1 OT

  Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

• Psalms 57:2 OT

  I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.