Psalm 18:3 states the same pattern — calling on the LORD and being saved — which verse 6 enacts in distress.

Psalm 18:4 describes the death-cords that prompt the cry in verse 6 — cause and effect within the same psalm.

Psalm 130:2 pleads for God to hear — mirroring the psalmist's expectation that his cry reached God's ears in verse 6.

Psalm 130:1 cries 'out of the depths' — a direct parallel to the psalmist's distress call in verse 6.

Psalm 11:4 affirms the LORD is in his holy temple, seeing all — here God hears from that same temple, reinforcing his attentive presence.

Psalm 50:15 promises deliverance when calling in trouble — exactly what the psalmist does in verse 6.

Psalm 120:1 repeats the exact phrase 'In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.'

Psalm 118:5 uses nearly identical language: distress, calling, and the Lord answering and setting free.

Psalm 138:3 recalls the day of calling and God's answer, strengthening the theme of divine response.

Psalm 116:1 expresses love because God heard the psalmist's voice, mirroring the hearing of the cry here.

Psalm 34:4 says God answered and delivered from fears — a parallel testimony of God responding to those who seek him.

Psalm 86:7 states 'in the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me' — a nearly identical parallel to Psalm 18:6.

Psalm 102:1 pleads 'let my cry come to you' — a parallel cry for God to hear, echoing the same language.

Psalm 119:169 asks for the cry to come before God, a petition that parallels the cry here but without the assurance of being heard.

Psalm 27:5 describes God hiding the psalmist in his shelter in trouble — here God hears and responds to David's cry from distress.

1 Kings 8:27-30 has Solomon asking God to hear from heaven toward the temple — here God hears David's cry from his temple.

2 Samuel 22:7 is the parallel account of David's song — identical wording, showing this cry from distress is recorded in both histories.

Exodus 2:23 records Israel's cry from slavery reaching God — the same pattern of distress and cry that David echoes here.

Jonah 2:7 mentions prayer reaching God's holy temple, exactly as in the temple hearing here.

Lamentations 3:55 has the same cry from the depths, showing God hears even from the pit.

Jonah 2:2 directly quotes the same cry from distress and God's answer, a clear parallel.

Job 9:16 expresses doubt that God would answer a call — contrasting with the confident hearing in Psalm 18:6.

In 2 Chronicles 30:27, prayer reaches God's holy habitation — echoing the same image of God hearing from his dwelling place.

2 Chronicles 14:11 records Asa crying to God in battle and being answered — a parallel example of God hearing a cry for help.

Exodus 22:23 promises God will hear the cry of the oppressed — a parallel assurance that God hears cries of distress.