in his distress/ in time of need
At the time of his being in hardship or trouble. Because of his being in distress.
("In your distress they will find you, all these things in the latter days, and you shall return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice" - Deuteronomy 4:30 (Moses to the children of Israel), and also: "In my distress I call upon the Lord, and to my God I cry; He hears my voice from His temple, and my cry reaches His ears" - 2 Samuel 22:7 (David’s song fleeing Saul), and also: "And to a man one prayer, and he was in his distress / and he went up there / crouching at the threshold, trembling and burning / and praying silently" - H.N. Bialik, and when you find, and also: "And he stands beside her, upon her / despairing, and his soul aches for his beast in its distress" - Saul Tchernichovsky, Ippiatros: "At the time of my father's finding", and also: "When a man calls every man to his God and the sea is silent over us? Or in distress / to us we shall return to sing with two stolen voices that song" - Natan Yonatan, Evening Talk)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בַּצַּר לוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּזְמַן הֱיוֹתוֹ בְּקֹשִׁי אוֹ בִּבְעָיָה. בִּגְלַל הֱיוֹתוֹ בְּצָרָה.
("בַּצַּר לְךָ וּמְצָאוּךָ כֹּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים וְשַׁבְתָּ עַד ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְשָׁמַעְתָּ בְּקֹלוֹ"- דְּבָרִים ד ל (מֹשֶׁה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל), וְכֵן:"בַּצַּר לִי אֶקְרָא ה' וְאֶל אֱלֹהַי אֶקְרָא וַיִּשְׁמַע מֵהֵיכָלוֹ קוֹלִי וְשַׁוְעָתִי בְּאָזְנָיו"- שְׁמוּאֵל ב כב ז (שִׁירַת דָּוִד בְּבָרְחוֹ מִשָּׁאוּל), וְכֵן:"וּלְאִישׁ תְּפִלָּה אַחַת, וְהָיָה בַּצַּר לוֹ/ וַיְהִי עוֹלֶה שָׁמָּה/ צוֹנֵחַ לָאֶשְׁנָב וְרוֹעֵד וְלוֹהֵט/ וּמְפַלֵּל בִּדְמָמָה"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ וְהָיָה כִּי תִּמְצְאוּ, וְכֵן:"וְעוֹמֵד עַל יָדָהּ בְּעָלֶיהָ/ מְיֹאָשׁ וְנַפְשׁוֹ כּוֹאֶבֶת לַנֶּפֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּוֹ בַּצַּר לָהּ"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ אִיפְּיָאטֵרוֹס לְעֵת מְצֹא הָיָה אָבִי, וְכֵן:"שֶׁנִּקְרָא אִישׁ אִישׁ לֶאֱלֹהָיו וְיִשְׁתֹּק הַיָּם מֵעָלֵינוּ? אוֹ בַּצַּר/ לָנוּ נָשׁוּב לְפַזֵּם בִּשְׁנֵי קוֹלוֹת גְּנוּבִים אוֹתוֹ שִׁיר"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ שִׂיחַת עֶרֶב)