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Prayers in Time of Trouble: For Worry, Despair, Quarrels, Money and Work

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Summary

  • No prayer works by its wording: Jesus warned against “vain repetitions” (Matthew 6:7–8), and God promises, “call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee” (Psalm 50:15).
  • Psalm 91, numbered Psalm 90 in the Septuagint, the Vulgate and Orthodox service books, is commonly prayed for protection; the Orthodox Church reads it daily at the Sixth Hour.
  • Traditional prayers are quoted from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer: the Litany’s prayer “in all our troubles and adversities” and the family prayers “For Trustfulness” and “For Guidance.”
  • Short prayers cover worry at night, despair, a quarrel or lawsuit, money, work, illness, forgiveness, one’s own mistakes, an impossible problem and spiritual attack.
  • Scripture pairs prayer with action: Nehemiah’s builders “made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch” (Nehemiah 4:9).

In trouble, begin with one sentence: “Lord, I am in trouble and I cannot fix this alone. Show me the next right step, give me strength to take it, and keep me in your peace until it is over. Amen.” God invites exactly that: “call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee” (Psalm 50:15). If trouble has brought you to despair or to thoughts of ending your life, call or text 988 in the US, or…

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Bibliography (Click to show)
  • Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Nehemiah 4:9; Psalm 34:17; 46:1; 50:15; 55:22; 86:7; 91:1–2, 14–15; 120:1; 130:1; Isaiah 43:2; Lamentations 3:22–23; Daniel 6:22; Matthew 6:7–8; 17:20; Mark 4:39; 5:28; 9:24; Luke 18:13; 23:34; John 16:33; Romans 12:18; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Ephesians 6:13; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7; 1 John 1:9; 4:4). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
  • The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. The Litany, “O God, merciful Father,” p. 58; Family Prayer, “For Guidance,” p. 595, and “For Trustfulness,” p. 596. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
  • “Psalm 91.” Wikipedia (Septuagint and Vulgate numbering; daily Orthodox use at the Sixth Hour). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_91
  • Bortniansky, D. S. Sacred Concertos, sung texts (Church Slavonic text of Psalm 90, “Живый в помощи Вышняго”). Naxos 8.573109. https://cdn.naxos.com/sharedfiles/PDF/8.573109_sungtext.pdf
  • “Serenity Prayer.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer

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