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Psalm 30:8

I cried to you, LORD. I made supplication to the Lord:

6As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
7You, LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
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.”
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Notice

The repeated appeal to the Lord marks the turn from confidence in prosperity to asking for help when God’s face is hidden.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Philippians 4:6–7In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.Both passages bring requests to God; Philippians also names thanksgiving as part of prayer.
Psalm 142:1A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.Both speakers cry to the Lord, and Psalm 142 names mercy as the help being sought.
Psalm 34:6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.Both recount a cry to the Lord; Psalm 34 also tells of being heard and saved from trouble.
Psalm 130:1–2A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to you, LORD.Both address the Lord with a cry; Psalm 130 describes that cry as coming from the depths.
Psalm 66:17I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.Both recount crying to God; Psalm 66 also describes praise spoken by the same mouth.
1 Corinthians 12:8–9For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,The connection is broad: Psalm 30 addresses the Lord for help, while Corinthians describes gifts given through the Spirit.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. wanting a steady prayer habit.

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Encouragement

Trouble does not have to end before you speak to God. Here, the cry goes to the very Lord whose hidden face has left the speaker troubled.

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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).