Psalm 130:1
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
Cross-reference
Psalm 18:4-6 describes crying out from cords of death and distress — a parallel cry from deep trouble.
Psalm 18:16 depicts God drawing the psalmist out of many waters — the rescue from the depths prayed for.
Psalm 40:2 describes being drawn up from the pit of destruction — the rescue from depths that such a cry anticipates.
Psalm 42:7 uses 'deep' and water imagery of waves going over — the same metaphor of being overwhelmed as 'depths'.
Psalm 69:2 speaks of sinking in deep mire and waters — the same image of distress from depths.
Psalm 69:2 shares the same 'deep waters' metaphor — sinking in mire without foothold, crying out from distress.
Psalm 69:14 repeats the plea to be delivered from sinking in deep waters, echoing the cry from the depths.
Psalm 69:15 continues the imagery of flood and deep swallowing, adding 'pit' as a parallel to depths.
Psalm 71:20 uses 'depths of the earth' — same Hebrew root for depths — promising revival after being brought up.
Psalm 88:6 explicitly mentions 'depths of the pit' — a direct verbal parallel to the depths of Psalm 130:1.
Psalm 18:6 echoes the cry in distress and God's hearing — reinforcing the confidence that God hears from the depths.
Psalm 3:4 also cries aloud to the Lord and expects an answer — the same pattern of desperate prayer and hope for deliverance.
Psalm 102:1 echoes the same desperate cry to God from affliction, a parallel lament of calling out from distress.
Psalm 118:5 also begins with 'out of distress' calling on the LORD, mirroring the cry from the depths and the plea for deliverance.
Psalm 119:143 shares the theme of trouble and anguish, but here the response is delight in commandments rather than a cry for help.
Psalm 77:2 describes seeking the Lord in trouble with outstretched hands — a similar desperate posture of prayer from distress.
Psalm 64:1 pleads for God to hear the voice in complaint — a similar cry for attention, though the cause is enemies rather than sin.
Lamentations 3:53-55 explicitly uses 'depths of the pit' and calling on God's name — a close verbal and thematic parallel.
Jonah 2:2 recounts crying from the belly of Sheol — the deep waters surrounding him — a classic parallel to crying from depths.
Hebrews 5:7 shows Jesus offering prayers with loud cries and tears — echoing the psalmist's cry from the depths, linking human anguish to Christ's own.
Isaiah 37:17 is Hezekiah's urgent plea from a besieged city, analogous to crying from the depths for God to hear and act.
Lamentations 3:55 uses the exact phrase 'from the depths' and 'called on your name', closely paralleling the psalmist's cry.
Jonah 2:1 describes prayer from inside the fish, a literal 'depth' that strongly parallels the psalmist's cry from the depths.
Luke 22:44 shows Jesus in agony praying more earnestly, a profound parallel to crying from the depths of suffering to the Father.
In Romans 7:24, Paul's 'wretched man' cry of despair directly parallels the psalmist's desperate cry from the depths.