Psalms 40:2

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I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry for help.

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  • Ps 27:5 : 5 For He will hide me in His shelter on the day of trouble. He will conceal me in the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
  • Ps 37:23 : 23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD, and He delights in his way.
  • Ps 69:2 : 2 Save me, God, because the waters have come up to my neck.
  • Acts 2:27-31 : 27 because You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence. 29 “Fellow Israelites, I can confidently say to you that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet and knowing that God had sworn an oath to him that He would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
  • Matt 13:50 : 50 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Jer 38:6-9 : 6 So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud. 7 Now Ebed-Melech, a Cushite, an official in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate, 8 Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king, 9 "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will die from hunger, since there is no longer any bread in the city." 10 The king commanded Ebed-Melech the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies." 11 So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down to Jeremiah in the cistern with ropes. 12 Ebed-Melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, "Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes." Jeremiah did so,
  • Lam 3:53-55 : 53 They threw me alive into a pit and cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over my head; I thought, 'I am cut off.' 55 I called on Your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit.
  • Jonah 2:5-6 : 5 I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.' 6 The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
  • Zech 9:11 : 11 As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
  • Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
  • Ps 61:2 : 2 Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.
  • Ps 17:5 : 5 Hold steady my steps in your paths so that my feet do not slip.
  • Ps 18:16-17 : 16 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from Your nostrils. 17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
  • Ps 18:36 : 36 You have given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness has made me great.
  • Ps 69:14-15 : 14 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Lord, at an acceptable time. God, in your abundant love, answer me with your salvation, which is sure. 15 Rescue me from the mud, and do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.
  • Ps 71:20 : 20 Though you have shown me many troubles and hardships, you will revive me again. From the depths of the earth, you will bring me up again.
  • Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is Your steadfast love toward me; You have delivered my life from the depths of Sheol.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
  • Ps 119:133 : 133 Direct my steps according to Your word; let no sin rule over me.
  • Ps 142:6-7 : 6 I cry to You, LORD; I say, 'You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.' 7 Listen to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
  • Ps 143:3 : 3 For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.
  • Isa 24:22 : 22 They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit; they will be shut in a dungeon, and after many days they will be punished.
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 But God raised Him from the dead, freeing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on Him.

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