Psalm 130:1
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Psalm 130
Waiting for Divine Redemption
A Song of Ascents.
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.(A)
Psalm 42:7
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7 Deep calls to deep
at the thunder of your torrents;
all your waves and your billows
have gone over me.(A)
Hebrews 5:7
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7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.(A)
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- 5.7 Gk he
Jonah 2:2-4
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2 saying,
“I called to the Lord out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
3 You cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.(A)
4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
how[a] shall I look again
upon your holy temple?’(B)
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- 2.4 Theodotion: Heb surely
Psalm 116:3-4
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3 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.(A)
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord,
“O Lord, I pray, save my life!”
Psalm 69:14-15
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14 rescue me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.(A)
15 Do not let the flood sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up
or the Pit close its mouth over me.(B)
Lamentations 3:53-55
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53 they flung me alive into a pit
and hurled stones on me;(A)
54 water closed over my head;
I said, “I am lost.”(B)
55 I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;(C)
Psalm 71:20
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20 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.(A)
Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecution
To the leader: according to Lilies. Of David.
1 Save me, O God,
for the waters have come up to my neck.(A)
2 I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.(B)
Psalm 25:16-18
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Psalm 40:2
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2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,[a]
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.(A)
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- 40.2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult
Psalm 18:16
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16 He reached down from on high; he took me;
he drew me out of mighty waters.(A)
Psalm 129:1
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Psalm 129
Prayer for the Downfall of Israel’s Enemies
A Song of Ascents.
1 Often have they attacked me from my youth
—let Israel now say—(A)
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