Psalms 142:6
Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5I cried to thee, O LORD. I said, Thou are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom do thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.
Psalms 17:1Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry. Give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 27:13I believe that I shall see the goodness of LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms 44:24Why do thou hide thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God will send forth his loving kindness and his truth.
Psalms 79:8Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers. Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are brought very low.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 142:5-7
Complaints and Petitions. 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. 6 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. The psalmist here… Read the whole commentary →