Psalms 142:7
O 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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6I have extended my hands to you. My soul is like a land without water before you.
Cross References
Psalms 7:6let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust. Pause
Psalms 9:14Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.
Psalms 34:2Take hold of weapons and a shield, and rise up in assistance to me.
Psalms 88:4I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:
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 →