Psalm 142:6
New International Version
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.

New Living Translation
Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

English Standard Version
Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!

Berean Standard Bible
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

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

New King James Version
Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.

New American Standard Bible
“Give Your attention to my cry, For I have been brought very low; Rescue me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.

NASB 1995
“Give heed to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.

NASB 1977
“Give heed to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Give heed to my cry of lamentation, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.

Amplified Bible
“Give attention to my cry, For I am brought very low; Rescue me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.

Christian Standard Bible
Listen to my cry, for I am very weak. Rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Listen to my cry, for I am very weak. Rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.

American Standard Version
Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Give ear to my request because I have been very humbled; save me from my persecutors, because they are stronger than I.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver me from them that persecute me; for they are stronger than I.

Contemporary English Version
Help! They are chasing me, and they are too strong.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Pay attention to my cry for help because I am very weak. Rescue me from those who pursue me because they are too strong for me.

Good News Translation
Listen to my cry for help, for I am sunk in despair. Save me from my enemies; they are too strong for me.

International Standard Version
Pay attention to my cry, for I have been brought very low. Deliver me from my tormentors, for they are far too strong for me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are too strong for me.

Literal Standard Version
Attend to my loud cry, | For I have become very low, | Deliver me from my pursuers, | For they have been stronger than I.

Majority Standard Bible
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

New American Bible
Listen to my cry for help, for I am brought very low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

NET Bible
Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

New Revised Standard Version
Give heed to my cry, for I am brought very low. Save me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

New Heart English Bible
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

World English Bible
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

Young's Literal Translation
Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

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Audio Bible



Context
I Lift My Voice to the LORD
5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” 6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me. 7Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.…

Cross References
Psalm 17:1
Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.

Psalm 18:17
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

Psalm 79:8
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

Psalm 116:6
The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.

Psalm 119:134
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.

Jeremiah 31:11
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.


Treasury of Scripture

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

for I am

Psalm 44:24-26
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? …

Psalm 79:8
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

Psalm 116:6
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

for they

Psalm 3:1
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

Psalm 38:19
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

Psalm 57:3,4
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth…

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Psalm 142
1. David shows that in his trouble all his comfort was in prayer unto God














Verse 6. - Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low (comp. Psalm 79:8; and see also Deuteronomy 28:43; Judges 6:6; Psalm 116:6). In the cave of Adullam David had but four hundred outlaws to defend him against Saul, who was at the head of all the thousands of Israel (1 Samuel 22:2). Deliver me from my persecutors. Saul, Doeg, the Ziphites, and the armed bands with whom Saul "hunted David in the mountains" (1 Samuel 26:20). For they are stronger than I; or, "too strong for me."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
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הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀ (haq·šî·ḇāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7181: To prick up the ears, hearken

to
אֶֽל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

my cry,
רִנָּתִי֮ (rin·nā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7440: A creaking, shout

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I am brought
דַלּ֪וֹתִ֫י (ḏal·lō·w·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1809: To slacken, be feeble, to be oppressed

quite low.
מְאֹ֥ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

Rescue
הַצִּילֵ֥נִי (haṣ·ṣî·lê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

me from
מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ (mim·men·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

my pursuers,
מֵרֹדְפַ֑י (mê·rō·ḏə·p̄ay)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

for
כִּ֖י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they are too strong for me.
אָמְצ֣וּ (’ā·mə·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 553: To be stout, strong, bold, alert


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