Psalms 121:1

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

121:1 I look up toward the hills.

From where does my help come?

Psalms 123:1

Psalm 123

A song of ascents.

123:1 I look up toward you,

the one enthroned in heaven.

Psalms 130:1-2

Psalm 130

A song of ascents.

130:1 From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord.

130:2 O Lord, listen to me!

Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Jonah 2:2-4

2:2 and said,

“I called out to the Lord from my distress,

and he answered me;

from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help,

and you heard my prayer.

2:3 You threw me into the deep waters,

into the middle of the sea;

the ocean current engulfed me;

all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.

2:4 I thought I had been banished from your sight,

that I would never again see your holy temple!

Luke 18:13

18:13 The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’