Psa 18:6, 22:24, 31:22, 77:1-2, 116:1-6, Jon 2:2, Mat 7:7, Luk 11:9 | ESV | STEP | In my distress I called upon the Lord ; to my God I cried for help . From his temple he heard my voice , and my cry to him reached his ears .

Psalms 18:6

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

Psalms 22:24

24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of ^cthe afflicted,
and he has not ^dhidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he ^ecried to him.

Psalms 31:22

22 I had said in my ^falarm, ^{▼▼Or in my haste}
“I am ^hcut off from ⁱyour sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
when I cried to you for help.

Psalms 77:1-2

In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to ^jJeduthun. A Psalm of ^kAsaph.

1 I ^lcry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and he will hear me.
2 ^mIn the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in ⁿthe night my ^ohand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul ^prefuses to be comforted.

Psalms 116:1-6

I Love the Lord

1 I ^qlove the Lord, because he has ^rheard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he ^sinclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 ^tThe snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then ^uI called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 ^vGracious is the Lord, and ^wrighteous;
our God is ^xmerciful.
6 The Lord preserves ^ythe simple;
when ^zI was brought low, he saved me.

Jonah 2:2

2 saying,

^aa“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
^about of the belly of Sheol I cried,
^acand you heard my voice.

Matthew 7:7

Ask, and It Will Be Given

7 ^ad“Ask, ^aeand it will be given to you; ^afseek, and you will find; ^agknock, and it will be opened to you.

Luke 11:9

9 And I tell you, ^ahask, and ^aiit will be given to you; ^ajseek, and you will find; ^akknock, and it will be opened to you.