English Standard Version
Psalms 142:6
6Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
Context of Psalms 142:6
4Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul. 5I cry to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me! 7Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.
Read all of Psalms 142Psalms 142:6 word by word
הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה׀ אֶֽל־רִנָּתִי֮ כִּֽי־דַלּ֪וֹתִ֫י מְאֹ֥ד הַצִּילֵ֥נִי מֵרֹדְפַ֑י כִּ֖י אָמְצ֣וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 142:6
- Psalms 44:24Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
- Psalms 79:8Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
- Psalms 116:6The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
- Psalms 136:23It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever;
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
- Psalms 38:19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
- Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
- Psalms 59:3For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
- 1 Samuel 24:14After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
- Romans 8:33Who shall 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
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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
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