Psalm 9:13 similarly pleads for God to see affliction and deliver from death — a direct parallel to the plea for light and rescue here.

Psalm 18:28 affirms that God lights the lamp and lightens darkness — a confident declaration of the very thing prayed for here: light from God.

Psalm 119:153 directly asks God to look on affliction and deliver — a close parallel to the plea for consideration and rescue here.

In Psalm 19:8, God's commandments enlighten the eyes — the same phrase used here for God's direct intervention.

In Psalm 94:17, without God's help the psalmist would dwell in silence — same dependence on God to avoid death.

Psalm 31:7 declares that God has seen affliction and known distress — a confident answer to the plea for God to consider here.

In Psalm 76:5, enemies sink into sleep (death) — contrasting with the plea to avoid that sleep.

Psalm 25:19 asks God to consider the multitude of foes — a similar plea for divine attention, though here the focus is on death.

In Psalm 34:5, those who look to God are radiant — linking to the request for light in the eyes.

In Ezra 9:8, the same plea 'light up our eyes' asks for revival in bondage — directly echoes David's prayer for life.

Ephesians 5:14 calls 'Awake, O sleeper' and Christ shines — directly parallels the plea for light to avoid death-sleep.

In Proverbs 29:13, the LORD gives light to the eyes of both poor and oppressor — same phrase for divine illumination.

Jeremiah 51:39 uses 'sleep a perpetual sleep' for Babylon's judgment — same idiom of death but as punishment, not plea.

Jeremiah 51:57 repeats 'sleep a perpetual sleep' for Babylon's leaders — same death-sleep idiom as Psalm 13:3.

Lamentations 5:1 calls on God to remember and see the people's disgrace — a communal echo of the individual plea for God to consider here.