Psalms 30:8
To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:
BSB
ASV
I cried to thee, O Jehovah; And unto Jehovah I made supplication:
KJV
I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
I cried to thee, O Lord. Prayer is the unfailing resource of God's people. If they are driven to their wit's end, they may still go to the mercyseat. When an earthquake makes our mountain tremble, the throne of grace still stands firm, and we may come to it. Let us never forget to pray, and let us never doubt the success of prayer. The hand which wounds can heal: let us turn to him who smites us, and he will be entreated of us. Prayer is better solace than Cain's building a city, or Saul's seeking for music.
The walk5
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
leads to
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.