79. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. PSA. lvii. 1.

80. Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. PSA. lx. 11; cviii. 12.

81. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed : lead me to the rock that is higher than I. PSA. lxi. 2.

82. Thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. PSA. lxvi. 10, 11.

83. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

PSA. lxviii. 5.

84. The Lord heareth the poor, and de

spiseth not his prisoners.

PSA. Ixix. 33.

85. I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying. PSA. lxx. 5.

86. Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. PSA. lxxi. 20.

87. He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. PSA. lxxii. 12.

88. O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us for we are brought very low. PSA. lxxix. 8.

89. In the day of my trouble I will call thee: for thou wilt answer me. PSA. lxxxvi. 7.

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90. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of

thy law; that thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. PSA. xciv. 12, 13.

91. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. PSA. cii. 17.

92. Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry. PSA. cvi. 44.

93. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. PSA. Cvii. 6, 13, 19, 28.

94. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. PSA. CXV. 2, 3.

95. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. PSA. cxvi. 3, 4.

96. I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. PSA. cxviii. 5.

97. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction for thy word hath quickened me. PSA. cxix. 49, 50.

98. Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. PSA. cxix. 67.

99. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. PSA. cxix. 71.

100. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. PSA. cxix. 75.

101. Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. PSA. cxix. 92.

102. Trouble and anguish have taken

hold on me yet thy commandments are my delights. PSA. cxix. 143.

103. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. PSA, cxxvi. 5, 6.

104. Who remembered us in our low estate for his mercy endureth for ever. PSA. cxxxvi. 23.

105. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me.

PSA. Cxxxviii. 7.

106. I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. PSA. cxl. 12.

107. I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my