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 on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul. 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. 7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me.

Psalms 142:6 word by word

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

• cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199

Cross-references for Psalms 142:6

• Psalms 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
• Psalms 79:8Remember not against us the iniquities of [our] forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.
• Psalms 116:6Jehovah keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
• Psalms 136:23Who hath remembered us in our low estate, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;
• Psalms 143:3For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
• Psalms 3:1Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!
• Psalms 38:19But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:
• Psalms 57:3He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.
• Psalms 59:3For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
• 1 Samuel 24:14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
• Romans 8:33Who shall bring an accusation 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