Psalms 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 40
22 songs meet this passage
“I was alive and I waited, waited”
Right Here Right Now · Jesus Jones
resonates with Psalms 40:1
The posture of waiting through a long season before witnessing change mirrors the psalmist's patient waiting, though here the hope is in history rather than God.
“you was there when I was drowning”
In Your Way · Alex Jean
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The image of being pulled from drowning echoes the psalmist's rescue from the pit and miry clay.
“Lift me up, let me go”
The Catalyst · LINKIN PARK
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
A cry to be lifted out of a pit of despair mirrors the psalmist's plea to be drawn up from the mud and set on solid ground.
“I hope some day I'll make it out of here”
lovely · Billie Eilish & Khalid
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
Both voice a hope for rescue that hasn't yet arrived, waiting patiently in the pit rather than pretending it isn't there.
“No way out, no one to come and save me”
Something in the Water · Carrie Underwood
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The cry of someone trapped and hopeless mirrors the psalmist's wait for the Lord to lift him from the pit.
“Fix me!”
Master of Puppets · Metallica
strains against Psalms 40:1-2
The psalmist cries out and is drawn up from the pit by God; the song's cry for help is met only with laughter, no rescuer appears.
Tennessee Whiskey · Chris Stapleton
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The pattern of being pulled up out of a pit mirrors this psalm's language, though here the rescuer is a person, not God.
Dead and Gone (feat. Justin Timberlake) · T.I.
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The chorus's image of traveling a long road trying to find the way home mirrors this psalm's cry of being pulled up out of a pit onto solid ground.
Don't Let Me Fall · B.o.B
strains against Psalms 40:1-2
David's security comes from being lifted by God onto a rock; this song's plea against falling has no one to catch it, only hope that gravity holds off.
Animal I Have Become · Three Days Grace
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
Crying out to be lifted from a pit one cannot climb out of alone is the same posture of dependence on rescue.
“I need a miracle”
Don't Let Me Down (feat. Daya) · The Chainsmokers
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The cry for urgent rescue mirrors the psalmist's wait for God to lift him from the pit, though here the object of hope is left undefined.
“Rescue me from the mire”
Do I Have to Say the Words? · Bryan Adams
strains against Psalms 40:1-2
The psalmist cries this exact plea to God and is lifted from the pit; here the same cry is aimed at a lover, who can offer companionship but not that kind of rescue.
“Talk us down from the ledges”
That's What Love Is For · Amy Grant
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
Love rescuing from the edge recalls the psalmist's image of being lifted from a desperate, precarious place.
“Maybe your love for me, truly rescued me”
Someone to Love (feat. Babyface) · Jon B.
strains against Psalms 40:1-2
Scripture locates ultimate rescue from the pit in God's patient deliverance; the song places that same rescuing power in a romantic partner.
Lose Yourself · Eminem
strains against Psalms 40:1-3
The psalmist's rescue from the pit comes through waiting on God; this song's rescue comes entirely through self-reliant grit, with no outside helper in view.
“I just can't keep living this way”
Not Afraid · Eminem
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
The cry to break from a destructive cycle and stand on firmer ground mirrors the psalmist's rescue from the pit, even though here the rescue is self-attributed.
“I remember back when I was low as a rug”
GOOD DAY · Forrest Frank
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
The testimony of being lifted from a low place into new song mirrors this psalm's pattern of rescue and praise.
HOPE · NF
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
Like the psalmist waiting patiently and being lifted from the pit, NF describes rock bottom giving way to a new direction.
Save Me · Jelly Roll
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
The whole song's posture, waiting and crying out from a pit of despair without yet seeing the way out, mirrors the psalmist's unresolved cry for rescue.
“Try to put me underground”
Liar · Jelly Roll
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
The psalmist's rescue from the pit and new song mirrors the defiant rising the chorus declares against despair's pull downward.
“I'll remember the way that you saved me”
I'll Remember (Theme from the Motion Picture "With Honors") · Madonna
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
Like the psalmist recalling rescue from a pit, the singer looks back gratefully on being drawn out of brokenness into stability.
“I sure enough couldn't have survived without you”
Thank You · Boyz II Men
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
A song of thanksgiving for being lifted out of trouble, much like the singer's testimony of survival through someone's steady support.