Tree of Life Version
Psalms 142:6
6I have cried out to You, Adonai. I said: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
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
4When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. 5Look at my right hand and see, for no one cares about me. I have no refuge— no one cares for my soul. I have cried out to You, Adonai. I said: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” 7Listen to my cry, for I am brought very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me. 8Bring my soul out of prison, so I may praise Your Name. The righteous will triumph through me, for You will reward 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 44:24Awake! Why do you sleep, my Lord? Wake up! Do not cast us off forever.
- Psalms 79:8Do not hold against us the sins of our fathers. May Your mercies come quickly to meet us, for we are brought very low.
- Psalms 116:6Adonai protects the simple-hearted. When I was brought low, He saved me.
- Psalms 136:23He remembered us in our lowly estate, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
- Psalms 143:3For an enemy pursues my soul. He crushes my life down to the ground. He makes me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.
- Psalms 3:1A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.
- Psalms 38:19So I confess my guilt. I am troubled because of my sin.
- Psalms 57:3I will cry out to El Elyon, to God who accomplishes it for me.
- Psalms 59:3Deliver me from workers of iniquity. Rescue me from bloodthirsty men.
- 1 Samuel 24:14Whom has the king of Israel come after? Who are you chasing? A dead dog? A single 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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