Psalms 102:1

The afflicted psalmist pleads for God to hear his prayer and let his cry reach Him. He turns to God in deep distress.

Cross-references · 28

• Ps 18:6In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
• Ps 130:1–2A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
• Exod 2:23In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
• Ps 142:2–3I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
• Ps 61:2From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
• Ps 39:12“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
• Heb 5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
• Luke 22:44Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
• Ps 5:2Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you do I pray.
• Lam 3:8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
• 1 Sam 1:15–16Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
• Ps 143:7Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
• Judg 10:16They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
• Lam 3:44You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
• Ps 41:1–2For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
• Ps 143:4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
• 1 Sam 9:16“Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.”
• Ps 69:1–2For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
• 2 Chr 30:27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
• Ps 55:1–5For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David. Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.
• Ps 145:19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
• Ps 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
• Lam 3:18–20I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”
• Ps 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
• Ps 77:3I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
• Mark 14:33–34He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.
• Ps 57:1–3For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
• Ps 42:4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.

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