Lexicon :: Strong's G5014 - tapeinōsis

The angel of the LORD said to her, “You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael,[fn] for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben,[fn] for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now.”

“If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, certainly now you would have sent me off empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and my hard work,[fn] and he issued his verdict last night.”

And the second son he named Ephraim[fn] and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

“So we called out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the LORD heard our cry and saw our misery, hardship, and oppression.

Making a vow, she pleaded, “LORD of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction, remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”[fn]

“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel. He will save them from the Philistines because I have seen the affliction of my people, for their cry has come to me.”

“Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction[fn] and restore goodness to me instead of Shimei’s curses today.”

For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter for both slaves and free people.[fn] There was no one to help Israel.

At the evening offering, I got up from my time of humiliation, with my tunic and robe torn. Then I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God.

You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egypt

and heard their cry at the Red Sea.

Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa ordering their destruction, so that Hathach might show it to Esther, explain it to her, and command her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead with him personally for her people.

Be gracious to me, LORD;

consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.

Lift me up from the gates of death,

Save me from the lion’s mouth,

from the horns of wild oxen.

You answered me![fn]

Consider my affliction and trouble,

and forgive all my sins.

I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love

because you have seen my affliction.

You know the troubles of my soul

You return mankind to the dust,

saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

This is my comfort in my affliction:

Your promise has given me life.

If your instruction had not been my delight,

I would have died in my affliction.

Consider my affliction and rescue me,

for I have not forgotten your instruction.

He remembered us in our humiliation

His faithful love endures forever.

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble[fn]

than to divide plunder with the proud.

“Speak tenderly to[fn] Jerusalem,

and announce to her

that her time of hard service is over,

her iniquity has been pardoned,

and she has received from the LORD’s hand

double for all her sins.”

He was taken away because of oppression and judgment,

and who considered his fate?[fn]

For he was cut off from the land of the living;

he was struck because of my people’s rebellion.

a wild donkey at home[fn] in the wilderness.

She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.

Who can control her passion?

All who look for her will not become weary;

they will find her in her mating season.[fn]

Judah has gone into exile

following[fn] affliction and harsh slavery;

she lives among the nations

but finds no place to rest.

All her pursuers have overtaken her

in narrow places.

During the days of her affliction and homelessness

Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings

that were hers in days of old.

When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,

she had no one to help.

The adversaries looked at her,

laughing over her downfall.

Her uncleanness stains her skirts.

She never considered her end.

Her downfall was astonishing;

there was no one to comfort her.

LORD, look on my affliction,

for the enemy boasts.