Psalm 35:17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Cross-reference
Psalm 6:3 cries 'how long?' to God, the same plea for deliverance as in the psalmist's lament.
Psalm 10:14 affirms that God does see and will help the helpless — contrasting with the plea 'how long will you look on?' by asserting God's active care.
Psalm 13:1 asks 'how long will you forget me?'—identical theme of waiting for God's rescue.
Psalm 13:2 repeats the 'how long' lament over enemy triumph, directly paralleling the psalmist's cry.
Psalm 22:20 uses the same phrase 'my precious life' and asks deliverance from enemies (sword, dog) — a direct parallel to the plea for rescue from lions.
Psalm 22:21 also cries for rescue from the lion's mouth — directly echoing the 'lions' imagery and plea for deliverance.
Psalm 57:4 describes being in the midst of lions with enemies' teeth like weapons — directly paralleling the 'lions' imagery and the plea for rescue.
Psalm 74:10 also asks 'how long' — here the enemy's scoffing and reviling of God's name, directly paralleling the plea for rescue from enemies.
Psalm 89:46 also cries 'how long' — here questioning God's hiddenness and wrath, echoing the same urgent plea for divine action.
Psalm 94:3 asks 'how long' the wicked exult — directly paralleling the cry for rescue from the ravages of the wicked.
Psalm 22:13 uses the same lion imagery — 'roaring lions' — directly matching the metaphor for enemies in the main verse.
Psalm 74:9 echoes the same 'how long' lament — here the nation mourns the absence of prophetic signs, mirroring David's personal cry for rescue.
Habakkuk 1:13 echoes the same complaint — God of pure eyes seems to idly look at treachery, directly paralleling the plea for God to stop looking on and act.
Daniel 6:27 recounts God's literal rescue of Daniel from lions, demonstrating the deliverance sought in the psalm's metaphor.
Revelation 6:10 echoes the 'how long' cry of the martyrs, paralleling the psalmist's plea for God to act.