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The plea to remember David includes all his affliction, making the weight of a person’s suffering part of a song addressed to YHWH.
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Genesis 8:1God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.The psalm asks the LORD to remember David; Genesis records God remembering Noah and those with him as the waters subsided.
Psalm 120:1A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.Both Songs of Ascents address the LORD amid suffering, though Psalm 120 also records an answer.
Psalm 123:1A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.Both are Songs of Ascents directed toward God: one asks him to remember, while the other looks toward him in heaven.
Psalm 124:1A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,Both Songs of Ascents name David and the LORD, with Psalm 124 also naming Israel and the LORD’s help.
Psalm 129:1A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:Both Songs of Ascents name affliction, one recalling David’s suffering and the other recounting repeated suffering from youth.
Lamentations 5:1Remember, LORD, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.Both prayers ask the LORD to remember suffering, with Lamentations also asking him to look and see reproach.
Lamentations 3:19Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.Both verses join a plea to remember with the word affliction; Lamentations adds misery and bitterness.
Exodus 2:24God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.Both texts connect suffering with God remembering, though Exodus names his covenant while the psalm names David and his affliction.
2 Chronicles 6:42“LORD God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”Both prayers ask the LORD to remember something concerning David: his affliction in the psalm, God’s loving kindnesses in Chronicles.
1 Kings 11:13However, I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have …Both texts name David in relation to the LORD, with Kings describing a tribe preserved for David’s sake and Jerusalem’s sake.
2 Samuel 15:1–20After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.The supplied excerpt describes Absalom’s chariot and attendants; its connection is limited because it does not name David or his affliction.
1 Samuel 18:1–30When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.David is the shared person: the psalm recalls his affliction, while the Samuel excerpt describes Jonathan’s love for him.
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Suffering has a place in prayer even when its details remain untold. This song asks YHWH to remember David, and includes all his affliction.
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