Bible Verses About Prayer Under Affliction

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

¶ Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

¶ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

¶ Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.