Psalms 40:1-3
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 40
16 songs meet this passage
“I climbed from the bottomless pit of hell”
REAL ONES NEVER DIE · Kid Cudi
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
Like the psalmist pulled from the pit, this testimony of survival and gratitude mirrors a rescue only God could accomplish.
“I was lookin' for a way out, now I can't escape”
Bad Habits · Ed Sheeran
strains against Psalms 40:1-3
The psalmist is lifted out of the pit by God's intervention; this song names the same desire for escape but never arrives at rescue, leaving the listener in the loop.
“This f**king black cloud still follow's me around”
Not Afraid · Eminem
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
Like the psalmist waiting for the Lord to lift him from the pit, the song describes waiting on deliverance from a lingering darkness, though here the rescue is self-driven rather than God-given.
“I remember back when I was low as a rug”
GOOD DAY · Forrest Frank
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
Mirrors the psalmist's testimony of being lifted from the pit and given a new song.
HOPE · NF
resonates with Psalms 40:1-3
The psalmist's cry from the pit and being lifted to solid ground mirrors NF's own turn from hopelessness toward restoration.
“Lift me up, let me go”
The Catalyst · LINKIN PARK
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The repeated plea to be lifted up echoes the psalmist's cry to be drawn out of the pit and set on solid ground.
Sleepwalking · Bring Me The Horizon
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
A direct plea to be lifted out of the pit and set on solid ground, the same reaching this chorus makes toward rescue.
Stay (feat. Mikky Ekko) · Rihanna
strains against Psalms 40:1-2
The psalmist looks to God to lift him from the pit; this song's narrator looks instead to a broken partner as the source of rescue, a weight no person can bear.
“No way out, no one to come and save me”
Something in the Water · Carrie Underwood
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The pit of despair followed by rescue mirrors this psalm's pattern of waiting on the Lord who lifts the sufferer out.
“Just an urchin living under the street”
Paradise City · Guns N' Roses
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The narrator's self-description as a desperate 'hard case' mirrors the psalmist's cry from the pit, waiting to be lifted out.
Tennessee Whiskey · Chris Stapleton
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The language of being pulled up from a low, miry place mirrors this psalm's picture of rescue, though here the rescuer is a lover, not God.
“I had no options left again”
Breaking the Habit · LINKIN PARK
strains against Psalms 40:1-2
Where the psalmist waited and was lifted from the pit, the song's narrator feels cornered with no one named to pull him out, highlighting the ache for rescue it doesn't resolve.
Animal I Have Become · Three Days Grace
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The cry for rescue from the pit parallels the psalmist's wait for the Lord to lift him from the mire.
“Right now, I need a miracle”
Don't Let Me Down (feat. Daya) · The Chainsmokers
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The cry for a miracle in crisis mirrors the psalmist's waiting on God to lift him from the pit, though here the hoped-for rescuer is a person.
“To reach out for my lifeline”
By Design (feat. Andre Benjamin) · Kid Cudi
resonates with Psalms 40:1-2
The cry for a lifeline amid darkness resembles the psalmist's wait for God to lift him from the pit, though here the object of hope stays undefined.
Demons · Imagine Dragons
resonates with Psalms 40:2
A cry for someone to lift him out of the pit mirrors the psalmist's plea for rescue from the mire.
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