Psalm 120:1
In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.
Cross-references
Psalm 18:6 uses nearly identical phrasing of calling on God in distress and being heard, reinforcing the theme of answered prayer.
Psalm 30:8 is another cry to the Lord for mercy, paralleling the call in Psalm 120:1—both are pleas in distress.
Psalm 50:15 commands calling on God in trouble with a promise of deliverance, which Psalm 120:1 exemplifies as a prayer answered.
Psalm 107:13 summarizes crying to the Lord in trouble and being delivered, directly mirroring the experience in Psalm 120:1.
Psalm 116:4 records the actual prayer: 'I called upon the name of the LORD'—showing the specific cry that follows the distress.
Psalm 118:5 mirrors the pattern: 'From my distress I called upon the LORD; The LORD answered me'—almost identical phrasing and outcome.
Psalm 6:9 declares the Lord has heard the psalmist's supplication, echoing the confidence in being heard from Psalm 120:1.
Psalm 116:3 describes the same kind of distress—'cords of death' and 'pains of Sheol'—vividly illustrating what prompts the cry.
Isaiah 37:14-20 records Hezekiah's actual prayer in distress, spreading the letter before the Lord—a concrete example of crying out and being heard.
Isaiah 38:2-5 shows Hezekiah weeping in prayer during illness, and God hearing and answering—another explicit instance of the pattern.
Jonah 2:2 echoes the same language: 'I called out of my distress to the LORD, and He answered me'—a direct verbal parallel from the depths of the sea.
Hebrews 5:7 explicitly states that Jesus offered prayers with loud cries and tears and was heard—directly aligning with the psalmist's experience.
In Judges 15:19, Samson cries to the Lord in distress and is answered with water. Same pattern of crying to God and being heard.
2 Samuel 22:7 contains nearly identical wording: 'In my distress I called... He heard my voice.' Direct verbal parallel.
2 Chronicles 14:11 has Asa crying out to God in battle, and God delivers him. Another example of distress and divine response.