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Psalm 69:13
But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
12Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
13But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
14Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
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The turn from mockers’ songs to prayer shows a sufferer seeking God’s answer while his distress remains, trusting the abundance of God’s loving kindness.
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2 Corinthians 6:2For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of …Both passages link an acceptable time with God’s saving help; the psalm asks for an answer, and Paul announces the time as now.
Isaiah 49:8The LORD says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the …The psalm asks God to answer in an acceptable time; Isaiah speaks of God answering and helping in a day of salvation.
Psalm 55:16–17As for me, I will call on God. The LORD will save me.Both speakers turn to God in prayer and look to him for salvation.
Psalm 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.Psalm 69 asks God to answer and save; Psalm 91 speaks of God answering a caller in trouble and delivering him.
Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.Both passages connect calling on the LORD with time: an acceptable time in the psalm, and while he is near in Isaiah.
Psalm 40:10–11I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your …Both passages name God’s loving kindness, truth, and salvation, with Psalm 69 pleading for help and Psalm 40 declaring God’s character.
1 Samuel 25:8Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your …Both requests appeal to a favorable time, though Samuel records a request for human generosity and the psalm seeks God’s saving answer.
1 Peter 2:23When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.Amid mockery, the psalm’s speaker directs his prayer to God; Peter describes Jesus entrusting himself to God while suffering.
Genesis 24:27He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, the LORD has …Both passages name God’s loving kindness and truth, one in a plea for salvation and the other in thanks for guidance.
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 passages describe prayer under severe distress directed to God as the one able to save.
Psalm 118:25Save us now, we beg you, LORD! LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now.Both prayers address the LORD with an urgent plea for saving help.
Romans 15:8–9Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,Both passages speak of God’s truth, though the psalm seeks a saving answer and Romans describes Christ confirming the promises.
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The plea for an answer comes while the waters still threaten. You do not have to hide distress when asking the God whose loving kindness is abundant.
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