ask help of the Lord
Psalm 34:5
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psalm 60:10-12
10
Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
12
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
the cities
2 Chronicles 19:5
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
Psalm 69:35
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.