Moreover, at that time I pleaded with the Lord,

ר (Resh) O Lord, ¹  you championed ²  my cause, ³  you redeemed my life.

I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.

When we heard this, both we and the local people ¹  begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Then his lord called the first slave ¹  and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

Moses ¹  went out ²  from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord,

“Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my child dies.”

Then David prayed to ¹  God for the child and fasted. ²  He would even ³  go and spend the night lying on the ground.

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ¹  ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

When ¹  they came ²  to Jesus, they urged ³  him earnestly, ⁴  “He is worthy ⁵  to have you do this for him,

But the older son ¹  became angry ²  and refused ³  to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,

Isaac prayed to ¹  the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the sovereign Lord.

So I turned my attention ¹  to the Lord God ²  to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. ³ 

They said to one other, ¹  “Surely we’re being punished ²  because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was ³  when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress ⁴  has come on us!”

But Moses said, ¹  “O ²  my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!” ³ 

When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, “Praised be the Lord who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! ¹  The Lord has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” ²  Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.

When he entered Capernaum, ¹  a centurion ²  came to him asking for help: ³ 

But she came and bowed down ¹  before him and said, ²  “Lord, help me!”

But Moses sought the favor ¹  of the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?