Genesis 16:11
16:11 Then the
Lord’s angel said to her,
“You are now pregnant
and are about to give birth to a son.
You are to name him Ishmael,
for the Lord has heard your painful groans.
Numbers 20:16
20:16 So when we cried to the
Lord, he heard our voice and sent a messenger,
and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now
we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country.
Deuteronomy 26:6-7
26:6 But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.
26:7 So we cried out to the
Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he
heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.
Psalms 12:5
12:5 “Because of the violence done to the oppressed,
because of the painful cries of the needy,
I will spring into action,” says the Lord.
“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”