Distress See also Affliction; Anguish; Grief; Misery; Sorrow; Suffering; Tribulation; Trouble God, who answered me in the day of my distress, Gen. 35:3. therefore is this distress come upon us, Gen. 42:21. In my distress I called upon the Lord, 2 Sam. 22:7 (Ps. 18:6; 118:5). in the time of his distress did he trespass, 2 Chr. 28:22. delivered them out of their distresses, Ps. 107:6 (107:13, 19, 28). strength to the needy in his distress, Isa. 25:4. there shall be … distress of nations, Luke 21:25. this is good for the present distress, 1 Cor. 7:26. troubled on every side, yet not distressed, 2 Cor. 4:8. approving ourselves as the ministers of God … in distresses, 2 Cor. 6:4.