Psalms 142:6
(142-7) Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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1 Samuel 24:14(24-15) After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
Psalms 17:1A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer from lips without deceit.
Psalms 27:13If I had not believed to look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! —
Psalms 44:24(44-25) Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 57:3(57-4) He will send from heaven, and save me, when he that would swallow me up taunteth; Selah; God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.
Psalms 79:8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to 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 →