Lexicon :: Strong's H6869 - ṣārâ

LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for you.

Be our strength every morning

and our salvation in time of trouble.

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace. It is as if children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.

“They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;

they set it in its place, and there it stands;

it does not budge from its place.

They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;

it saves no one from his trouble.

In all their suffering, he suffered,[fn]

and the angel of his presence saved them.

He redeemed them

because of his love and compassion;

he lifted them up and carried them

all the days of the past.

“Whoever asks for a blessing in the land

will ask for a blessing by the God of truth,

and whoever swears in the land

will swear by the God of truth.

For the former troubles will be forgotten

and hidden from my sight.

I hear a cry like a woman in labor,

a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.

The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,

stretching out her hands:

“Woe is me, for my life is weary

because of the murderers! ”

We have heard about it,

and our hands have become weak.

Distress has seized us —

pain, like a woman in labor.

Hope of Israel,

its Savior in time of distress,

why are you like a resident alien in the land,

like a traveler stopping only for the night?

The LORD said:

Haven’t I set you loose for your good?

Haven’t I punished you

in a time of trouble,

in a time of distress with the enemy?[fn]

LORD, my strength and my stronghold,

my refuge in a time of distress,

the nations will come to you

from the ends of the earth, and they will say,

“Our ancestors inherited only lies,

worthless idols of no benefit at all.”

How awful that day will be!

There will be no other like it!

It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,

but he will be saved out of it.

Damascus has become weak;

she has turned to run;

panic has gripped her.

Distress and labor pains have seized her

like a woman in labor.

The king of Babylon has heard about them;

his hands have become weak.

Distress has seized him —

pain, like a woman in labor.

At that time

Michael, the great prince

who stands watch over your people, will rise up.

There will be a time of distress

such as never has occurred

since nations came into being until that time.

But at that time all your people

who are found written in the book will escape.

Do not[fn] gloat over your brother

in the day of his calamity;

do not rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their destruction;

do not boastfully mock[fn]

in the day of distress.

I called to the LORD in my distress,

and he answered me.

I cried out for help from deep inside[fn] Sheol;

you heard my voice.

The LORD is good,

a stronghold in a day of distress;

he cares for those who take refuge in him.

I heard, and I trembled within;

my lips quivered at the sound.

Rottenness entered my bones;

I trembled where I stood.

Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress

to come against the people invading us.

That day is a day of wrath,

a day of trouble and distress,

a day of destruction and desolation,

a day of darkness and gloom,

a day of clouds and total darkness,

The LORD[fn] will pass through the sea of distress

and strike the waves of the sea;

all the depths of the Nile will dry up.

The pride of Assyria will be brought down,

and the scepter of Egypt will come to an end.