New King James Version
Psalms 142:6
6Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.
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 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 on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me; Refuge has failed me; No one cares for my soul. 5I cried out to You, O Lord: I said, “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 stronger than I. 7Bring my soul out of prison, That I may praise Your name; The righteous shall surround me, For You shall 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, And forget our affliction and our oppression?
- Psalms 79:8Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low.
- Psalms 116:6The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
- Psalms 136:23Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever;
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in darkness, Like those who have long been dead.
- Psalms 3:1Lord, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me.
- Psalms 38:19But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
- Psalms 57:3He shall send from heaven and save me; He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.
- Psalms 59:3For look, they lie in wait for my life; The mighty gather against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
- 1 Samuel 24:14After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
- Romans 8:33Who shall bring a 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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