Psalms 142:6

I have extended my hands to you. My soul is like a land without water before you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

In Context

5I have called to mind the days of antiquity. I have been meditating on all your works. I have meditated on the workings of your hands.

7O Lord, heed me quickly. My spirit has grown faint. Do not turn your face away from me, lest I become like those who descend into the pit.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:14So too, it is said in the ancient proverb, ‘From the impious, impiety will go forth.’ Therefore, my hand will not be upon you.

Psalms 17:1Unto the end. For David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke the words of this canticle to the Lord, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

Psalms 57:3For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.

Psalms 79:8O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.

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 →

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