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Psalm 34:4
I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
2My soul shall boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
3Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt his name together.
4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
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The phrase “all my fears” makes David’s thanks striking: he remembers the weight of his fear and credits YHWH with his deliverance.
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Psalm 18:6In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.Both passages recount calling on the LORD in distress and being heard by him.
Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.Seeking and receiving a response connect these passages: David recounts an answer, while Jesus tells his hearers to seek.
Psalm 116:1–6I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.Both speakers look back on the LORD hearing them, with gratitude rooted in his response to their cries.
Psalm 56:3When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.Fear turns both speakers toward God: one declares trust while afraid, and the other recounts deliverance.
Luke 11:9“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.David’s account of seeking and receiving an answer shares Luke’s link between seeking God and finding.
2 Timothy 1:7For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.Both connect God’s help with freedom from fear, though Paul speaks of what God gives and David recounts deliverance.
Jonah 2:2He said, “I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.Both speakers recount calling to the LORD from trouble and receiving his answer.
Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD, the LORD, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”Both passages connect relief from fear with the LORD’s saving help.
Psalm 31:22As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.Both speakers remember fear and testify that the LORD heard them when they cried to him.
Hebrews 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 …Both describe prayer being heard by God; Hebrews speaks of godly fear, distinct from the fears David escaped.
2 Corinthians 12:8–9Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.Both describe turning to the Lord for help; Paul’s words here record his repeated request for something to depart.
2 Chronicles 15:2He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will …Seeking the LORD links these passages: David recounts an answer, and Asa hears that those who seek God will find him.
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Anxiety or panic. answered prayer. fear for the future.
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David tells of fear met by God’s answer. His account sets no timetable for your relief, yet it names YHWH as the one who heard and delivered him.
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