Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

Deliver me from my distress; ¹  rescue me from my suffering! ² 

O God, rescue ¹  Israel from all their distress! ² 

You should not have entered the city ¹  of my people when they experienced distress. ²  You should not have joined ³  in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress. ⁴  You should not have looted ⁵  their wealth when they endured distress. ⁶ 

Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

Distress and hardship confront ¹  me, yet I find delight in your commands.

O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline. ¹ 

“Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress. ¹ 

Distress and anguish ¹  terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack, ² 

In the fullness of his sufficiency, ¹  distress ²  overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him. ³ 

“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man ¹  when he cries for help in his distress. ² 

Would your wealth ¹  sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, ²  even all your mighty efforts? ³ 

Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim ¹  from suffering. ²  I have lost my strength. ³ 

As for their enemies, ¹  they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress ²  and suffering.

A song of ascents. ²  In my distress I cried out to the Lord and he answered me.

Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim. ¹