Psalm 116:4
Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Cross-reference
Psalm 130:2 continues the plea for God to hear, mirroring the supplication for deliverance.
Psalm 130:1 echoes the same desperate cry from the depths, reinforcing the pattern of calling on God in trouble.
Psalm 6:4 pleads 'deliver my soul' and 'save me,' directly paralleling the cry for salvation in the psalm.
Psalm 22:20 cries 'deliver my soul from the sword,' a similar plea for rescue from death.
Psalm 25:17 echoes the same plea for relief from distress — a parallel cry for deliverance from troubles.
Psalm 30:8 is a direct parallel: 'To you, O LORD, I cry' — the same act of pleading for mercy as in this verse.
Psalm 34:6 describes a poor man crying and being heard — exactly the pattern of calling on the Lord seen here.
Psalm 40:13 is a direct plea for deliverance — 'make haste to help me' parallels the cry 'save my life'.
Psalm 50:15 commands calling on God in trouble with a promise of deliverance — this verse is a direct example of that call.
In Psalm 118:5, the same cry from distress is answered with deliverance, showing God's response to the plea.
Psalm 120:1 is almost identical: distress, calling, and God answering — a clear parallel.
Psalm 9:13 is a similar plea for deliverance from affliction and death, mirroring the psalmist's call.
Psalm 107:19 shows the same sequence: crying to God in trouble and receiving deliverance, confirming the pattern.
Isaiah 38:1-3 records Hezekiah's plea for healing, another instance of calling on God in mortal danger.
Isaiah 37:15-20 is Hezekiah's prayer for deliverance from Assyria, a similar cry to God in distress.
2 Chronicles 33:13 records God hearing Manasseh's prayer, illustrating the deliverance sought in the psalm.
2 Chronicles 33:12 shows Manasseh in distress calling on God, a historical parallel to the psalmist's cry.
Matthew 14:30 records Peter's cry 'Lord, save me!' — a direct NT parallel to the psalmist's plea.
Genesis 12:8 describes Abraham calling on the name of the LORD — the same action as the psalmist's cry.
Luke 8:24 shows the disciples crying 'Master, we are perishing!' — a similar desperate call for rescue.
Lamentations 3:55 directly parallels calling on God's name from the depths, just as the psalmist calls for salvation.
2 Samuel 22:7 describes calling in distress and God hearing — a direct parallel to the psalmist's cry for salvation.
2 Samuel 22:4 echoes the same pattern: calling on the LORD and being saved from enemies, reinforcing the psalmist's plea.