| VERSE | WHO |
WHEN | WHERE | IN WHAT CONDITION | HOW | FOR WHAT REASON, BENEFIT, OR RESULT |
| Gen. 4:26 | Enosh | From the third generation of man | | Weak, frail, mortal (meaning of Enosh) | | To be rescued from the fall of man (the way of Cain) and its results (Gen. 4) |
| Gen. 12:8 | Abram | | (1) At the altar at (2) At the tent, eastward of Bethel, with Bethel—“house of God” on the west and Ai—“ruin” on the east | In-between “ruin” (Ai) and the “house of God” (Bethel) | | (1) To forsake and escape ruin (2) Travel to the house of God |
| Gen. 13:4 | Abram | When he came out of Egypt (world) and Negev | At the altar at Bethel (consecrating at the house of God) | Being “dry” and “parched” (Negev) after coming out of the world (Egypt) | | To return and enter into the good land |
| Gen. 21:33 | Abraham | After planting a grove, making a covenant, and digging wells | Beersheba—“well of the oath” | Making an oath | | For the everlasting God to supply him with water |
| Gen. 26:25 | Isaac | After re-digging the well | At the altar, at the tent, at Beersheba | With his “wells” covered up | | To dig away all that had covered up the flow and source of water |
| Deut. 4:7 | The nation of Israel | | | | | (1) To make them a “great: nation” (2) Calling upon the Lord for all things (3) To bring God near to them |
| Judges 15: 18-19 | Samson | After slaying 1,000 Philistines with a jawbone of an ass | (1) Ramath-Lehi—“the lifting up of the jawbone” (2) Enhakkore—“the caller’s spring” | Dying of thirst | | For water to quench his thirst |
| Judges 16:28 | Samson | | At the feast of the Philistines | Weak, blind, bound by the Philistines (the old nature) | | For strength to destroy the Philistines |
| 1 Samuel 12:17-18 | Samuel | (1) When Israel asked for a king to replace Jehovah as their King (2) “In the day of the wheat harvest” | Gilgal, where Joshua circumcised the nation of Israel—signifying the need to put away the flesh | | | (1) To show the wickedness of Israel and to cause repentance (2) To cause them to fear both Jehovah and Samuel |
| 2 Samuel 22:4-7 | David | When he had been delivered from his enemies (v.1) | God’s temple—the church (v. 7) | (1) In distress (2) In the snare of death (3) Afraid of men’s ungodliness (4) Intimidated by the flood, the courseof the age | (1) With “my voice,” (2) With a cry (v. 7) (3) As a praise (v. 4) | (1) To praise the Lord; to be delivered from “my strong enemy” (22:18); (2) To overcome death and the “torrents” of this age (3) For God to hear him |
| 1 Kings 8:52-53 | The people of God | When enslaved in Babylon | In captivity in Babylon | Captives, longing to be brought back to the land | | (1) To be brought back to the land, a separated people (2) To be made His inheritance |
| 1 Kings 18:24 (cf. v. 26) | Elijah | When Israel was apostate from God | Mount Carmel—“a fruitful, plentiful garden, full of green ears of corn” | | | (1) To prove to Israel who is God (2) To make them fruitful |
| 2 Kings 5:11 | Naaman expected Elisha to call on the Lord | | | | | To cleanse the leper; but Elisha commanded him to wash in the river—signifying that Naaman had to take his own responsibility for being cleansed, not depending on someone else’s prayer |
| 1 Chron. 16:8 | (1) David (2) Everyone | After giving thanks for the ark being brought into the tent | | | | To give thanks to the Lord (I Chron. 16:7) |
| 1 Chron. 21:26 | David | After building the altar and offering burnt and peace offerings | At the chosen site of the temple | Being punished and plagued for numbering the children of Israel (after one of his biggest failures) | | (1) To stay the plague of Jehovah from the people (2) To appease the Lord |
| Job 27:10 | The hypocrite | When God taketh away his soul (v. 8) | | (1) Rejected by God (2) In distress (3) Not delighting in God | | God will not hear him |
| Psalm 4:1 | David | | | In distress | As a prayer | (1) To be heard (2) To be enlarged (3) To receive mercy |
| Psalm 4:3 | David | | | (1) Set apart from vanity and the lie (2) In godliness | | To be heard |
| Psalm 14:4 | The workers of iniquity (they do not call) | | | (1) Without knowledge (2) Opposing God’s people | | |
| Psalm 17:6 | David | Daily life (v. 5) | In the path of God (daily life and walk) | While walking in God’s path and kept from the destroyer’s path | | To gain God’s attention and to be heard |
| Psalm 18:3 | David | | | | As a praise | To be saved from his enemies—to experience verse 2 |
| Psalm 18:6 | David | | In the temple (the church) | “In my distress” | As a cry unto God | To be saved from death (cf. reference in I Chron.) |
| Psalm 20:9 (v. 7) | (1) David (2) Israel | In the day of trouble (v. 1) | | (1) Risen and standing upright (2) Trusting in the name (v. 7) | Using His name (v. 7) | (1) To be saved (2) To be heard (3)To experience Him as the King and have the kingdom |
| Psalm 31:17 | David | | | (1) Forgotten as a dead man out of mind (2) Like a broken vessel (v. 12) | | (1) To not be ashamed (2) To be saved (3) To have God’s shining face (v. 16) |
| Psalm 50:15 | The people of God | In the day of trouble | | (1) In the battle (2) In trouble | With a thanksgiving as a vow payment (with our offerings) | (1) To be delivered (2) To glorify God (to express Him) |
| Psalm 53:4 | Workers of iniquity | | | Without knowledge (the characteristic of one who doesn‘t call) | | They do not call |
| Psalm 55:16 | David | (1) Evening (2) Morning (3) Noon ( v. 17) | | In the battle, when many are against us (v. 18) | (1) As a prayer (v. 17) (2) Crying aloud with our voice (v. 17) | (1) To be saved (v. 16) (2) To be delivered in peace (v. 18) |
| Psalm 79:6 | (1) Nations (2) Kingdoms | | | Not knowing God, they do not call | | God’s wrath is poured out |
| Psalm 80:18 | (1) Asaph (2) Israel | | | Quickened (made alive) | | (1) To not backslide (draw back from God) (v. 18) (2) To be restored (v. 19) |
| Psalm 81:7 | Israel | | In Egypt (the world) | (1) In trouble (2) Under a burden (v. 6) | | To be delivered by an answer “in the secret place of thunder” |
| Psalm 86: “3, 7 | (1) David (2) “All them” | In the day of my trouble | | | Accompanying prayer and supplication (v. 6) | (1) To experience God’s goodness, forgiveness, and mercy; (2) For an answer |
| Psalm 88:9 | The sons of Korah | Daily | | Mourning because of affliction | Stretching out their hands unto Him (exercising their spirit to touch the Lord) | |
| Psalm 91: 14-15 | | | | | | (1) To have God’s answer, presence in trouble, and deliverance (2) To be honored by God |
| Psalm 99:6 | (1) Moses (2) Aaron (3) Samuel (4) The people of God | | (1) Among the priests (2) Among the people of God | | | God’s answer |
| Psalm 102:2 | The afflicted (title of psalm) | In the day of trouble | | (1) Overwhelmed (title); (2) Pouring out a complaint to God (3) Afflicted | | (1) A speedy answer (2) God’s inclined ear (3) The unhidden face of God |
| Psalm 105:1 | David | | | | With thanks and with proclaiming | |
| Psalm 116:2 | David | All my days | | Loving the Lord (v. 1) | | |
| Psalm 116:4 | David | | | (1) Encompassed by the bands of death (2) With the anguish of Sheol 3) In trouble and sorrow (v. 3) | “O Jehovah”—beseeching | (1) To “deliver my soul: (v. 4) (2) To experience the grace, righteousness, and compassion of God (v. 5) |
| Psalm 116: 12-13 | David | | (1) In the presence of His people (v. 14) (2) In the courts of His house (v. 19) (3) In the midst of Jerusalem (v. 19) | Thankful (v. 12) | | (1) To spiritually drink the “cup” (2) For salvation (3) To render thanks to the Lord for all His benefits |
| Psalm 116:17 | David | | (1) In the presence of His people (v. 14) (2) In the courts of His house (v. 19) (3) In the midst of Jerusalem (v. 19) | Thankful (v. 17) | Accompanying “sacrifices of thanksgiving” | To give thanks to God |
| Psalm 118:5 | David | | | In distress | | (1) For God’s answer (2) To be “set in a large place (implies release) |
| Psalm 145:18 | “All them” | | | In truth | In truth | For Jehovah to be nigh unto them (cf. James 4:8a) |
| Isaiah 12:4 | The people of God | | At the springs of salvation (v. 3) | With joy (v. 3) | With the mouth (every item here is vocal) | (1) To draw water out of the springs of salvation (2) To quench our thirst |
| Isaiah 41:25 | Jesus | “From the rising of the sun” (the beginning of the day) | | | | |
| Isaiah 43:22 | (1) Jacob (2) Israel | | | They did not call because they were weary | As a praise (v. 21) | To praise the Lord (v. 21) |
| Isaiah 55:6 | The people of God | “While he may be found”—in this age | | | | To find the Lord while He is near |
| Isaiah 58:9 | The people of God | Gathered up by the glory of the Lord (v. 8) | | In glory (v. 8) | As a cry | (1) To satisfy our soul (2) To be a watered garden (v. 11) |
| Isaiah 64:7 | “All of us” (v. 6) | | | (1) Unclean (v. 6) (2) Unrighteous (3) Withered (4) Carried away and consumed by iniquities (5) Having God’s face hidden from them | | To stir themselves up to take hold of the Lord |
| Isaiah 65:24 | The people of God | | In Jerusalem (v. 18) | In exulting and rejoicing (v. 18) | Speaking | For God to hear and to answer |
| Jeremiah 10:25 | Opposers of God’s people | | | (1) Not knowing God (2) They are against God’s people and do not call | | God’s fury will be poured out upon them |
| Jeremiah 29:12 | Captives of Babylon | After 70 years in Babylon (v. 10) | In Babylon | Under God’s visitation | Mingled with prayer | (1) For God to hearken to them (2) To bring them out of Babylon and back to Jerusalem |
| Jeremiah 33:3 Lamentations 3:55-57 | The people of God Jeremiah | | Low dungeon | (1) In trouble (v. 54) (2) Cut off (v. 54) (3) In bondage (v. 55) (4) Low (v. 55) | (1) “Oh Lord” (2) With my voice (3) As a spiritual breath (4) As a cry | (1) To know “great and hidden things (2) For revelation (1) For spiritual breath (2) To be heard by God (3) For God to draw near |
| Hosea 7:7 | Israel | | | (1) Hot as an oven (2) Mixed with the nations (3) As “a cake unturned” they do not call | | In this condition they do not call. (1) They devour their judges (2) Their kings fall |
| Joel 2:32 | Whosoever | | (1) Mount Zion (2) Jerusalem (3) Among the remnant who are called by the Lord | Needing deliverance | | To be delivered |
| Zephaniah 3:9 | All the people of God | In eternity | | | With a pure lip (Heb.) | To serve the Lord with one accord (for oneness) |
