50 Bible Verses About Crying out to God from the Old Testament - In Distress, Repentance, Faith and Expectation of His Deliverance 

Below are 50 Old Testament Bible verses (NKJV) about crying out to God — in distress, repentance, faith, and expectation of His deliverance.

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1. Exodus 2:23

“So it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.”

2. Exodus 3:7

“And the LORD said: ‘I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.’”

3. Exodus 14:10

“And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.”

4. Exodus 22:23

“If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry.”

5. Numbers 12:13

“So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, ‘Please heal her, O God, I pray!’”

6. Deuteronomy 26:7

“Then we cried out to the LORD God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression.”

7. Judges 3:9

“When the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.”

8. Judges 3:15

“But when the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man.”

9. Judges 4:3

“And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD; for Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he harshly oppressed the children of Israel.”

10. Judges 6:6

“So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.”

11. Judges 6:7

“And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried out to the LORD because of the Midianites.”

12. Judges 10:10

“And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, ‘We have sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!’”

13. Judges 10:12

“Also the Sidonians and Amalekites and Maonites oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand.”

14. 1 Samuel 7:8

“So the children of Israel said to Samuel, ‘Do not cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.’”

15. 1 Samuel 12:8

“When Jacob had gone into Egypt, and your fathers cried out to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.”

16. 2 Samuel 22:7

“In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry entered His ears.”

17. 2 Kings 8:3

“And it came to pass at the end of seven years that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land.”

18. 2 Chronicles 13:14

“And when Judah looked around, to their surprise the battle line was at both front and rear; and they cried out to the LORD, and the priests sounded the trumpets.”

19. 2 Chronicles 14:11

“And Asa cried out to the LORD his God, and said, ‘LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us, O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!’”

20. 2 Chronicles 20:9

“‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’”

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Psalms — The Language of Crying Out

21. Psalm 3:4

“I cried to the LORD with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill.”

22. Psalm 4:1

“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.”

23. Psalm 5:2

“Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray.”

24. Psalm 6:9

“The LORD has heard my supplication; The LORD will receive my prayer.”

25. Psalm 9:12

“When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.”

26. Psalm 18:6

“In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.”

27. Psalm 22:5

“They cried to You, and were delivered; They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.”

28. Psalm 28:2

“Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.”

29. Psalm 30:2

“O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.”

30. Psalm 31:22

“For I said in my haste, ‘I am cut off from before Your eyes’; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You.”

31. Psalm 34:6

“This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.”

32. Psalm 34:17

“The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles.”

33. Psalm 40:1

“I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.”

34. Psalm 50:15

“Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

35. Psalm 55:16–17

“As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD shall save me. Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice.”

36. Psalm 61:1

“Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer.”

37. Psalm 66:19

“But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.”

38. Psalm 77:1

“I cried out to God with my voice— To God with my voice; And He gave ear to me.”

39. Psalm 86:7

“In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.”

40. Psalm 107:6

“Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses.”

41. Psalm 107:13

“Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses.”

42. Psalm 107:19

“Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses.”

43. Psalm 107:28

“Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses.”

44. Psalm 116:1–2

“I love the LORD, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.”

45. Psalm 120:1

“In my distress I cried to the LORD, And He heard me.”

46. Psalm 130:1

“Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD.”

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Prophets

47. Isaiah 30:19

“For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.”

48. Isaiah 58:9

“Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’”

49. Jeremiah 33:3

“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”

50. Lamentations 3:55–56

“I called on Your name, O LORD, From the lowest pit. You have heard my voice: ‘Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help.’”

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