Psalm 28:1
Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Cross-reference
Psalm 143:7 repeats the exact phrase 'like those who go down to the pit', showing the same fear of God's silence.
Psalm 5:2 similarly pleads for God to hear the psalmist's cry — a direct parallel to the call for God not to be deaf.
Psalm 142:1 also depicts crying aloud to the LORD for mercy — a direct parallel to the call in Psalm 28:1.
Psalm 22:2 expresses the same anguish of God's silence — a parallel to the fear of being left unanswered in Psalm 28:1.
Psalm 30:9 uses the same 'going down into the pit' imagery, questioning the value of death if God remains silent.
Psalm 35:22 directly echoes the plea 'be not silent' — a strong verbal parallel to the same request in Psalm 28:1.
Psalm 42:9 also calls God 'my rock' and laments being forgotten — a parallel to the fear of God's silence in Psalm 28:1.
Psalm 69:15 pleads not to be swallowed by the pit, directly paralleling the fear of being like those who go down to the pit.
Psalm 88:4-6 describes being counted among those who go down to the pit, reinforcing the same fate the psalmist dreads.
Psalm 83:1 echoes the same plea for God not to remain silent, mirroring the psalmist's cry in Psalm 28:1.
Psalm 109:1 directly asks God not to remain silent — the same plea as Psalm 28:1's fear of divine silence.
Psalm 26:9 pleads not to be taken with sinners — the same fear of being grouped with the wicked in death as 'those who go down to the pit'.
Psalm 30:3 thanks God for bringing the psalmist up from the pit — the very fate Psalm 28:1 dreads.
Psalm 55:1 begs God not to ignore the plea — identical to the 'do not turn a deaf ear' request in Psalm 28:1.
Psalm 3:4 records God answering the psalmist's cry — a hopeful counterpart to the plea for God not to be silent in Psalm 28:1.
Psalm 77:1 asserts that God will hear the cry — a contrasting confidence to the plea for God not to be silent.
Psalm 18:2 expands on God as rock and fortress — the same metaphor used in Psalm 28:1 for security.
In Psalm 18:3, calling to the LORD brings salvation — the positive outcome of the same act of calling that Psalm 28:1 pleads for.
Psalm 140:6 cries 'Hear my cry for mercy' — echoing the call for God to listen in Psalm 28:1.
Isaiah 38:18 states that those who go down to the pit cannot praise God, echoing the psalmist's implied loss.
Ezekiel 26:20 uses the exact phrase 'those who go down to the pit' — the same fate Psalm 28:1 fears.
Ezekiel 28:8 pronounces judgment 'bring you down to the pit' — the same descent Psalm 28:1 dreads.
Job 33:28 speaks of being redeemed from going down to the pit, offering a positive counterpart to the psalmist's fear.
In Matthew 15:23, Jesus' silence to the Canaanite woman mirrors the psalmist's fear of God being silent to his cry.