Gen 32:7-12, 1Sa 1:15, 30:6, 2Ch 32:20, 33:12-13, Psa 34:5-7, 51:15 | ESV | STEP | Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed . He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels , into two camps ,

Genesis 32:7-12

7 Then Jacob was ^agreatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps, 8 thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape.”

9 And Jacob said, ^b“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who ^csaid to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ 10 ^dI am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for ^eI fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. 12 But ^fyou said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

1 Samuel 1:15

15 But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but ^gI have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.

1 Samuel 30:6

6 And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke ^hof stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, ^{▼▼Compare 22:2} each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 32:20

The Lord Delivers Jerusalem

20 Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

12 And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God ^jand humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 He prayed to him, and ^kGod was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. ^lThen Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.

Psalms 34:5-7

5 Those who look to him are ^mradiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
6 ⁿThis poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and ^osaved him out of all his troubles.
7 ^pThe angel of the Lord ^qencamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Psalms 51:15

15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.