Psalm 9:13
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Cross-reference
In Psalm 25:19, the psalmist asks God to consider his enemies who hate him, mirroring the affliction from haters in the main verse.
In Psalm 30:3, the psalmist thanks God for bringing him up from Sheol, fulfilling the same deliverance from the gates of death.
Psalm 86:13 uses 'depths of Sheol' as a parallel to 'gates of death', both describing rescue from the realm of the dead.
Psalm 107:18 directly uses the phrase 'gates of death', matching the imagery in Psalm 9:13 of near-death experience.
In Psalm 119:132, the identical phrase 'be gracious to me' appears, linking both pleas for God's favor.
In Psalm 119:153, the plea 'Look on my affliction' directly parallels 'See my affliction' in the main verse.
In Psalm 13:3, the psalmist pleads for deliverance from death ('sleep of death'), echoing the 'gates of death' in the main verse.
In Psalm 51:1, the same cry for mercy ('be gracious to me') appears, but for forgiveness of sin rather than deliverance from enemies.
Psalm 56:13 also speaks of deliverance from death, echoing the rescue from the gates of death in Psalm 9:13.
Psalm 116:3 describes being encompassed by cords of death and terrors of Sheol, similar to the distress at the gates of death.
Psalm 116:4 records a cry for salvation, paralleling the plea for grace in Psalm 9:13 from the gates of death.
In Psalm 142:6, the psalmist cries for deliverance from persecutors who are too strong, similar to the enemy affliction in the main verse.
In Lamentations 1:11, the plea 'Look, O LORD, and see' parallels 'See my affliction', with the added sense of being despised.
Isaiah 38:10 uses 'gates of Sheol' as Hezekiah laments his impending death, same imagery as the gates of death.
In Lamentations 1:9, Jerusalem cries 'behold my affliction' as the enemy triumphs, directly echoing the plea to see affliction.
Job 38:17 directly asks about the 'gates of death', reinforcing the same metaphor used in Psalm 9:13.
In Matthew 16:18, Jesus uses 'gates of Hades' — a direct echo of the gates of death here, but promising the church's victory over them.
In Nehemiah 9:32, the people ask God to see their hardship, a corporate echo of the individual plea for God to see affliction.