Psalms 55:16

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.

You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.”

It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.

Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;

You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”

I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill.

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

Yahweh helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.

They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.

Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,

I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.

Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

“We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

But I will deliver you in that day,” says Yahweh; “and you will not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.

I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”

I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

While he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.

I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.

Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

You who hear prayer, all men will come to you.

But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

For Yahweh is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on Yahweh, and he answered them.

Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.