“People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

O Lord my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.

I am up before dawn crying for help. I find hope in your word.

Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.

“If I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.

They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them.

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, “Violence!” But you do not intervene!

In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

I jumped to conclusions and said, “I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.