Psalms 142:6

Psalms 142:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
• New International Version (NIV)Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.

Context of Psalms 142:6

4Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. 5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me. 7Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.

Psalms 142:6 word by word

הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה׀ אֶֽל־רִנָּתִי֮ כִּֽי־דַלּ֪וֹתִ֫י מְאֹ֥ד הַצִּילֵ֥נִי מֵרֹדְפַ֑י כִּ֖י אָמְצ֣וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

• Listenקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• my cryרִנָּהrinnâh · cryH7440
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• I am broughtדָּלַלdâlal · to languishH1809
• quite lowמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• Rescue meנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• my pursuersרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• they are too strong for meאָמֵץ'âmats · to strengthenH553

Cross-references for Psalms 142:6

• Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
• Psalms 79:8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
• Psalms 116:6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
• Psalms 136:23He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
• Psalms 3:1O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
• Psalms 38:19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
• Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
• Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
• 1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
• Romans 8:33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

Commentaries on Psalms 142:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Attend unto my cry - Give ear to me when I cry to thee. Do not turn away and refuse to hear me. For I am brought very low - I am reduced greatly; I am made very poor. The language would be applicable to one who had been in better circumstances, and who had been brought down to a condition of danger, of poverty, of want. It is language which is commonly applied to poverty. Deliver me from my persecutors - Saul and his followers. For they are stronger than…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Though overwhelmed by loneliness and trouble, the psalmist focuses on the Lord’s goodness and protection. He knows that the Lord alone is his Redeemer, so he offers his praise.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. (Compare Psa 17:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 142:6

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Prison
• Cry, Crying
• Psalms, Book of
• Maschil

Commentaries on Psalms 142

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary