Exo 2:23, Judg 10:16, 1Sa 9:16, 2Ch 30:27, Psa 18:6, Lam 3:8, 44 | ESV | STEP | During those many days the king of Egypt died , and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God .

Exodus 2:23

God Hears Israel’s Groaning

23 ^aDuring those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel ^bgroaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. ^cTheir cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.

Judges 10:16

16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and ^dhe became impatient over the misery of Israel.

1 Samuel 9:16

16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, ^eand you shall anoint him to be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. ^gFor I have seen ^{▼▼Septuagint adds the affliction of} my people, because their cry has come to me.”

2 Chronicles 30:27

27 Then ⁱthe priests and the Levites arose and ^jblessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to ^khis holy habitation in heaven.

Psalms 18:6

6 ^lIn my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his ^mtemple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.

Lamentations 3:8

8 though ⁿI call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;

Lamentations 3:44

44 ^oyou have wrapped yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.