April 17: Psalm 27:13; Psalm 31:22; Psalm 69:2; Psalm 77:7–11; Lamentations 3:54–57; 1 Kings 4:29; 1 Chronicles 4:10; 2 Chronicles 1:7–8; 2 Chronicles 1:10; 2 Chronicles 14:11–12; Psalm 65:2; Psalm 91:15 - a podcast by Crossway

I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.—“Water closed over my head; I said, ‘I am lost.’ I called on your name, OLord, from the depths of the pit; you heard my plea, ‘Do not close your ear to my cry for help!’ You came near when I called on you; you said, ‘Do not fear!’”

“Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Then I said, “I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High.” I will remember the deeds of theLord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.—I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of theLordin the land of the living!

Psalm 27:13(Listen)

13   I believe that I shall look¹upon the goodness of the LORD
    in the land of the living!

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Psalm 31:22(Listen)

22   I had said in my alarm,¹
    “I am cut off from your sight.”
  But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
    when I cried to you for help.

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Psalm 69:2(Listen)

2   I sink in deep mire,
    where there is no foothold;
  I have come into deep waters,
    and the flood sweeps over me.

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Psalm 77:7–11(Listen)

7   “Will the Lord spurn forever,
    and never again be favorable?
8   Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
    Are his promises at an end for all time?
9   Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    Has he in anger shut up his compassion?”Selah
10   Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
    to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”¹
11   I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
    yes, I will remember your wonders of old.

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Lamentations 3:54–57(Listen)

54   water closed over my head;
    I said, ‘I am lost.’
55   “I called on your name, O LORD,
    from the depths of the pit;
56   you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
    your ear to my cry for help!’
57   You came near when I called on you;
    you said, ‘Do not fear!’

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“When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him.”

Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.—“Ask what I shall give you.” And Solomon said to God,… “Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people.”—And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore.

And Asa cried to theLordhis God, “OLord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak…. OLord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.” So theLorddefeated the Ethiopians before Asa.

O you who hears prayer, to you shall all flesh come.

1 Kings 4:29(Listen)

29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,

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1 Chronicles 4:10(Listen)

10 Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm¹so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.

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2 Chronicles 1:7–8(Listen)

Solomon Prays for Wisdom

7 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.”8 And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

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2 Chronicles 1:10(Listen)

10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?”

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2 Chronicles 14:11–12(Listen)

11 And Asa cried to the LORD his God, “O LORD, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.”12 So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

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Psalm 65:2(Listen)

2   O you who hear prayer,
    to you shall all flesh come.

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Psalm 91:15(Listen)

15   When he calls to me, I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble;
    I will rescue him and honor him.

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