Psalm 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Cross-references
In Psalm 17:8, the same plea for protection uses vivid 'apple of the eye' and 'shadow of your wings' imagery — deepening the cry for safety from enemies.
Psalm 17:9 specifies the enemies as 'deadly' and 'compassing about' — directly echoing the threat from which David seeks preservation.
Psalm 27:7 echoes this same cry: 'Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud' — a parallel plea for God to listen.
Psalm 31:13-15 describes enemies plotting and slandering, then expresses trust — paralleling the complaint and plea for preservation in Psalm 64:1.
Psalm 55:1 parallels this with 'Give ear to my prayer, O God' — identical appeal for divine attention.
Psalm 55:2 continues the plea: 'Attend to me, and answer me' — reinforcing the same desperate call.
Psalm 56:2-4 echoes the same fear of enemies and resolves to trust — directly paralleling the complaint and plea for preservation.
Psalm 143:1-3 begins 'Hear my prayer, O LORD' and describes enemy pursuit — same context of fear.
Psalm 130:1 cries 'Out of the depths I cry to you' — a parallel cry from distress, like this verse.
Psalm 130:2 asks 'Lord, hear my voice' — directly paralleling the request for God to hear.
Psalm 141:1 calls 'O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me' — a parallel urgent plea for hearing.
In Psalm 140:6, the same plea for God to hear the supplicant's voice echoes the cry for help against enemies.
Psalm 34:4 testifies that God heard and delivered from all fears — offering a hopeful counterpart to the plea for preservation from dread.
Psalm 119:149 asks God to hear according to His lovingkindness — a parallel plea for divine attention, though focused on revival.
Psalm 5:1 opens with a similar plea for God to hear — a parallel cry for attention to prayer.
Lamentations 3:55 says 'I called on your name from the depths' — a parallel cry from a pit of trouble.
Lamentations 3:56 recalls 'you heard my plea' — echoing the hope that God will hear this cry.
Acts 18:10 promises divine protection from harm — directly answering the plea for preservation from enemies in Psalm 64:1.
Acts 27:24 assures Paul of safety through a storm — echoing the theme of God preserving life from danger.