Psalm 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
Cross-references
Psalm 40:11 also pairs God's 'love and faithfulness' as protective attributes, echoing the same divine character described here.
Psalm 56:1 shares the same complaint of enemies trampling, setting the identical lament context.
Psalm 56:2 repeats the trampling enemy theme, reinforcing the psalmist's cry against oppressors.
Psalm 61:7 prays for 'steadfast love and faithfulness' to watch over the king, the same pair of attributes God sends in Psalm 57:3.
Psalm 144:5-7 expands the plea for God to bow heavens and send rescue from on high, echoing the same divine intervention theme.
Psalm 25:10 declares that all the Lord's ways are 'loving and faithful,' the same attributes sent here to save.
Psalm 18:6-50 recounts God's deliverance from enemies in response to crying out, paralleling Psalm 57:3's confidence that God sends salvation from heaven.
Psalm 18:16 describes God reaching from on high to rescue, paralleling the heavenly deliverance depicted here.
Psalm 124:3 vividly describes enemies swallowing alive, similar to the trampling imagery here.
Psalm 35:25 records enemies boasting of swallowing the psalmist, similar to the hostile pursuit mentioned here — both depict malicious intent.
Psalm 43:3 asks God to 'send' light and truth, mirroring the sending of love and faithfulness here — both petitions for divine guidance.
Psalm 55:18 echoes the same deliverance theme: God redeems the psalmist's soul safely from battle against many enemies.
Acts 12:11 directly echoes the sending of rescue from heaven: Peter declares the Lord sent his angel to deliver him.
2 Samuel 2:6 uses the identical phrase 'kindness and faithfulness' as a blessing, showing this pairing is a common OT expression of God's character.
Lamentations 2:16 shows enemies gloating over swallowing Jerusalem, echoing the hostile trampling but on a national scale.