Psalms 142:6

I spread forth my hands to thee; 1 My soul thirsts for thee, as a dry land. Pause. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 remembered the days of old; 1 And I meditated on all thy doings: 1 Yea, I meditated on the works of thy hands. 1

7Hear me speedily, O Lord; 1 My spirit has failed; 1 Turn not away thy face from me, 1 Else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:14As the old proverb says, Transgression will proceed from the wicked ones: but my hand shall not be upon thee.

Psalms 17:1For the end, a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: and he said: 1

Psalms 57:3For ye work iniquities in your hearts in the earth: 1 Your hands plot unrighteousness. 1

Psalms 79:8Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, 1 And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Pause. 1

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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