Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

General references

Bible References

Unto

Psalm 3:4

With my voice I was crying to the Lord,
And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.
Psalm 5:2

Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,
For to You I pray.
Psalm 22:2

O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.
Psalm 77:1
My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud;
My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.
Psalm 142:1
I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord;
I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.

Be

Psalm 35:22

You have seen this, O Lord; do not keep silent.
O Lord, do not be far from me.
Psalm 83:1
Do not keep silent, O God;
Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.

I become

Psalm 30:9

“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?
Psalm 69:15

Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,
Nor the deep waters swallow me up,
Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.
Psalm 88:4

I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).
Job 33:28

‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],
And my life shall see the light.’”
Proverbs 1:12

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead),
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];
Isaiah 38:18

“For Sheol cannot praise or thank You,
Death cannot praise You and rejoice in You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Revelation 20:3
and the angel hurled him into the abyss, and closed it and sealed it above him [preventing his escape or rescue], so that he would no longer deceive and seduce the nations, until the thousand years were at an end. After these things he must be liberated for a short time.

General references

Matthew 15:23
But He did not say a word in answer to her. And His disciples came and asked Him [repeatedly], “Send her away, because she keeps shouting out after us.”