Psalms 142:6
Listen to my call, 1 for I have been brought very low; 1 rescue me from my persecutors, 1 for they are stronger than I. 1
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5I called out to you, Yahweh; 1 I said, “You are my refuge, 1 my portion in the land of the living. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:14After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
Psalms 17:1Listen to my plea for justice, Yahweh; pay attention to my call for help! 1 Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit. 1
Psalms 27:13What would have happened to me if I had not believed that I would see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living? 1
Psalms 44:24Why do you hide your face 1 and forget our affliction and our oppression? 1
Psalms 57:3He will send help from heaven and save me, 1 he is angry with those who crush me. Selah 1 God will send me his loving kindness and his faithfulness. 1
Psalms 79:8Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us; 1 may your merciful actions come to us, 1 for we are very low. 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 →