Psalm 28:1

Easy To Read Version

Lord, you are my Rock, {\cf2\super [168]} \par I am calling to you for help.\par Don’t close your ears to my prayers.\par If you don’t answer my calls for help,\par then people will think I am no better\par than the dead people in the grave.\par

Cross References

Job 33:28

God saved my soul from going down\par to the place of death.\par Now I can enjoy life again.’\par

Psalm 142:1

I will call to the Lord for help.\par I will pray to the Lord.\par

Psalm 142:2

I will tell the Lord about my problems.\par I will tell the Lord about my troubles.\par

Psalm 143:7

Hurry, answer me Lord!\par I have lost my courage.\par Don’t turn away from me.\par Don’t let me die and become like\par the dead people lying in the grave.\par

Psalm 18:2

The Lord is my Rock, {\cf2\super [97]} \par my Fortress, {\cf2\super [98]} \par my Place of Safety.”\par My God is my Rock.\par I run to him for protection.\par God is my shield.\par His power saves me. {\cf2\super [99]} \par The Lord is my hiding place\par high in the hills.\par

Psalm 22:2

My God, I called to you during the day.\par But you did not answer me.\par And I continued calling you in the night.\par

Psalm 3:4

I will pray to the Lord.\par And he will answer me from his holy mountain!\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [9]})\i0 \par

Psalm 30:4

God’s followers, sing praises to the Lord!\par Praise his holy name! {\cf2\super [182]} \par

Psalm 30:9

I said, “God, what good is it if I die\par and go down into the grave?\par Dead people just lie in the dirt!\par They don’t praise you.\par They don’t tell people\par how much we can depend on you.\par

Psalm 35:22

Lord, surely you can see what is happening.\par So don’t keep quiet.\par Don’t leave me.\par

Psalm 39:12

Lord, hear my prayer!\par Listen to the words I cry to you.\par Look at my tears.\par I am only a traveler\par passing through this life with you.\par Like all my ancestors, I live here only\par a short time. {\cf2\super [241]} \par

Psalm 42:9

I speak to God, my Rock, {\cf2\super [263]} I say,\par “Lord, why did you forget me?\par Why must I suffer such sadness\par because of the cruelty of my enemy?”\par

Psalm 5:2

My God and King,\par listen to my prayer.\par

Psalm 69:15

Don’t let the waves drown me.\par Don’t let the deep hole swallow me.\par Don’t let the grave close its mouth on me.\par

Psalm 77:1

I lift my voice to God and cry \{for help\}.\par I lift my voice to you God, listen to me!\par

Psalm 83:1

God, don’t keep quiet!\par Don’t close your ears!\par Please say something, God.\par

Proverbs 1:12

We will kill that person. We will send that person to the place of death. We will destroy that person and send him to the grave.

Isaiah 26:4

So, trust the Lord always.\par Why? Because in the Lord YAH, {\cf2\super [240]} you have a place of safety forever!\par

Isaiah 38:18

Dead people don’t sing praises to you.\par People in Sheol {\cf2\super [368]} don’t praise you.\par Dead people don’t trust you to help them.\par They go into a hole in the ground,\par \{and never speak again\}.\par

Revelation 20:3

The angel threw the snake into the bottomless pit and closed it. The angel locked it over the snake. The angel did this so that the snake could not trick the people of the earth until the 1,000 years were ended. After 1,000 years the snake must be made free for a short time.