Psalms 28:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.”
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“To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 28:1 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
- Psalms 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
- Psalms 5:2Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
- Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
- Psalms 30:4Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
- Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- Psalms 35:22O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
- Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
- Psalms 42:9I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
- Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalms 77:1I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
- Psalms 83:1O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
- Psalms 88:4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
- Psalms 88:5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
- Psalms 142:1I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
- Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Proverbs 1:12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
- Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
- Revelation 20:3And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
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