Psalm 119:149, within the same psalm, asks for life based on God's steadfast love and justice—directly parallel to verse 156's request.

In Psalm 119:40, the psalmist longs for precepts and asks for life in righteousness — echoing the same plea for life according to God's mercy here.

Psalm 86:5 also praises God's abundant steadfast love and forgiveness, directly echoing the 'great mercies' of the main verse.

Psalm 86:13 declares God's great steadfast love and rescue from Sheol, showing a specific deliverance rooted in the mercy appealed to here.

Psalm 86:15 gives the classic creed: God is merciful, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love—a fuller description of the mercy invoked.

Psalm 80:18 also pleads 'give us life' in a cry for restoration, though without explicit mention of mercy or rules.

In 1 Chronicles 21:13, David utters the same phrase 'his mercy is very great' when choosing to fall into God's hands rather than man's.

Isaiah 63:7 recounts the abundance of God's steadfast love and compassion, matching the 'great mercies' theme of the psalm.

In 2 Samuel 24:14, David again says 'his mercy is great' when choosing divine punishment, reinforcing the same confidence in God's mercy.

Isaiah 55:7 promises God will abundantly pardon the repentant, reflecting the same abundant mercy the psalmist relies on for life.