Psalms 28:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 18:2 : 2 The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.
  • Ps 83:1 : 1 A song, a psalm of Asaph. O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God!
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man, 5 adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power. 6 You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.
  • Ps 35:22 : 22 But you take notice, LORD; do not be silent! O Lord, do not remain far away from me!
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.
  • Ps 42:9 : 9 I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”
  • Ps 69:15 : 15 Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!
  • Ps 77:1 : 1 For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 “What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’
  • Ps 3:4 : 4 To the LORD I cried out, and he answered me from his holy hill.(Selah)
  • Ps 5:2 : 2 Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!
  • Ps 142:1 : 1 A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the LORD I cry out; to the LORD I plead for mercy.
  • Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust in the LORD from this time forward, even in Yah, the LORD, an enduring protector!
  • Isa 38:18 : 18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
  • Rev 20:3 : 3 The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished.(After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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    7Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

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    8To you, O LORD, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:

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    80%

    2Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

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    1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

  • Ps 130:1-2
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    79%

    1A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

    2O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • Ps 22:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

    2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

    2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

  • Ps 5:2
    77%

    2Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!

  • Ps 142:1
    77%

    1A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the LORD I cry out; to the LORD I plead for mercy.

  • Ps 61:1-2
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    1For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

    2From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to a rocky summit where I can be safe!

  • Ps 88:1-2
    2 verses
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    2Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

  • Lam 3:56
    77%

    56You heard my plea:“Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!”

  • Ps 31:2
    77%

    2Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!

  • Job 30:20
    76%

    20I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

  • Ps 42:9
    76%

    9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

  • Ps 27:7
    76%

    7Hear me, O LORD, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!

  • Ps 3:4
    76%

    4To the LORD I cried out, and he answered me from his holy hill.(Selah)

  • Ps 40:1
    76%

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  • Ps 77:1
    76%

    1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.

  • Ps 142:5-6
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    75%

    5I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”

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    10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me! O LORD, deliver me!”

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    74%

    6I say to the LORD,“You are my God.” O LORD, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

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    74%

    7In my distress I called to the LORD; I called to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

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    2 verses
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    2 verses
    74%

    2O LORD my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.

    3O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

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  • Ps 55:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!

    2Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

  • Ps 31:22
    74%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

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    74%

    3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

  • Ps 38:15
    73%

    15Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

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    73%

    22But you take notice, LORD; do not be silent! O Lord, do not remain far away from me!

  • Jonah 2:6-7
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    6I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.

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    73%

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  • Ps 88:6
    73%

    6You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

  • Ps 4:1
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    73%

    4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,