Psalms 142:6
4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and 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.
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- KJV
- Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
- WEB
- Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
- ASV
- Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
- DARBY
- Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
- BLB
- Attend to my cry, for exceedingly I am brought low! Deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.
- ÅB
- Gi akt på mitt klagerop, for jeg er blitt såre elendig! Fri meg fra mine forfølgere, for de er meg for sterke!
- OTB
- Lytt til mitt rop,
For jeg er blitt brakt meget lavt;
Fri meg fra mine forfølgere,
For de er for sterke for meg. - B1930
- Gi akt på mitt klagerop, for jeg er blitt såre elendig! Fri mig fra mine forfølgere, for de er mig for sterke!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 79:8
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Read in contextPsalms 136:23
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Read in contextPsalms 116:6
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Read in contextRomans 8:33
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
Read in contextPsalms 17:1
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Read in contextRomans 8:37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Read in contextPsalms 18:17
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Read in contextPsalms 57:3–4
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
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