Lexicon :: Strong's H6817 - ṣāʿaq

Then the Hebrew foremen came to Pharaoh and cried, “Why do you deal like this with your servants?

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were very frightened; so the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to move forward [toward the sea].

There the LORD made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there [fn]He tested them,

Then the Ammonites were assembled together and they camped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel assembled and camped at Mizpah.

The men of [the tribe of] Ephraim were summoned [to action], and they crossed over to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight with the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? [For that] we will burn your house down upon you.”

Then Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah,

Now all the Moabites heard that the [three] kings had come up to fight against them, and all [fn]who were able to put on armor, as well as those who were older, were summoned and stood [together in battle formation] at the border.

Now one of the wives of a man of the [fn]sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha [for help], saying “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant [reverently] feared the LORD; but the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves [in payment for a loan].”

“Therefore You handed them over to their enemies who oppressed them.

But when they cried out to You in the time of their suffering and distress,

You heard them from heaven, and according to Your great compassion You gave them [fn]people to rescue them.

Who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

“Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not heard;

I shout for help, but there is no justice.

“The people cry out, but He does not answer

Because of the pride of evil men.

When the righteous cry [for help], the LORD hears

And rescues them from all their distress and troubles.

To the Chief Musician; according to Jeduthun [one of David’s three chief musicians, founder of an official musical family]. A Psalm of Asaph.

My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud;

My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician; set to chant mournfully. A didactic or reflective poem of Heman the Ezrahite.

O LORD, the God of my salvation,

I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,

And He rescued them from their distresses.

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,

And He brought them out of their distresses.

Now look, their brave men shout outside;

The ambassadors [seeking a treaty] of peace weep bitterly.

“He will not call out or shout aloud,

Nor make His voice heard in the street.

“They lift it on their shoulders [in religious processions or into battle] and carry it;

They set it in its place and there it remains standing.

It cannot move from its place.

Even if one cries to it [for help], the idol cannot answer;

It cannot save him from his distress.

“Indeed, My servants will shout for joy from a happy heart,

But you will cry out with a heavy heart,

And you shall wail and howl from a broken spirit.