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Psalm 30:10

Hear, LORD, and have mercy on me. LORD, be my helper.”

8I cried to you, LORD. I made supplication to the Lord:
9“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
10Hear, LORD, and have mercy on me. LORD, be my helper.”
11You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
12to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
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The repeated “LORD” makes this short plea feel urgent: someone facing the pit asks God to hear and help before any gladness appears.

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Where else Scripture says this

4 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 54:4Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.Psalm 30 asks the LORD to be a helper; Psalm 54 declares that God is the speaker’s helper.
Psalm 143:1A Psalm by David. Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.Both prayers ask the LORD to hear, with Psalm 30 seeking mercy and Psalm 143 seeking relief in God’s faithfulness and righteousness.
Psalm 143:7–9Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.Both speakers plead for God’s response in distress, with the surrounding words of Psalm 30 sharing Psalm 143’s fear of the pit.
Psalm 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.Psalm 30 asks the LORD for help; Psalm 28 speaks of receiving his help and responding with thanks.
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Your prayer need not be longer than this plea. Before the song of thanks comes the request for mercy: “LORD, be my helper.”

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).