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New King James Version

Psalms 142:6

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jonah;   Prayer;   Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;   Psalms, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

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!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Hearken vnto my crye, for I am brought very lowe: deliuer me from my persecuters, for they are too strong for me.
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.
Hebrew Names Version
Listen to my cry, For I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
Easy-to-Read Version
Listen to my prayer. I am so weak. Save me from those who are chasing me. They are stronger than I am.
Amplified Bible
"Give attention to my cry, For I am brought very low; Rescue me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.
American Standard Version
Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
Contemporary English Version
Help! They are chasing me, and they are too strong.
Complete Jewish Bible
I cried out to you, Adonai ; I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I have cried unto Thee, O LORD;
King James Version (1611)
Attend vnto my crie, for I am brought very low, deliuer mee from my persecuters: for they are stronger then I.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver me from them that persecute me; 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.
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.
Lexham English Bible
Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.
Literal Translation
Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from those who pursue me; for they are stronger than I.
New Century Version
Listen to my cry, because I am helpless. Save me from those who are chasing me, because they are too strong for me.
New English Translation
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 Living Translation
Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
New Life Bible
Listen to my cry, for I am brought down. Save me from those who make it hard for me. For they are too strong for me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Attend thou unto my loud cry, for I am brought very low, - Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(141-7) Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
George Lamsa Translation
Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
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.
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.
King James Version
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Consider my complaynt, for I am brought very lowe: deliuer me from my persecutours, for they are to strong for me.
New Revised Standard
Give heed to my cry, for I am brought very low. Save me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
Darby Translation
Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Yyue thou tent to my biseching; for Y am maad low ful greetli. Delyuere thou me fro hem that pursuen me; for thei ben coumfortid on 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.
World English Bible
Listen to my cry, For I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
Revised Standard Version
Give heed to my cry; for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me!
Update Bible Version
Attend to my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
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.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Oh delyuer me fro my persecuters, for they are to stronge for me:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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.

Contextual Overview

4 Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me; Refuge has failed me; No one cares for my soul. 5 I cried out to You, O LORD: I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend to 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 Your name; The righteous shall surround me, For You shall deal bountifully with me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for I am: Psalms 44:24-26, Psalms 79:8, Psalms 116:6, Psalms 136:23, Psalms 143:3, Psalms 143:7

for they: Psalms 3:1, Psalms 38:19, Psalms 57:3, Psalms 57:4, Psalms 59:3, 1 Samuel 24:14, Romans 8:33, Romans 8:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:11 - Deliver Psalms 9:13 - consider Psalms 17:1 - attend Psalms 25:2 - let not Psalms 31:15 - deliver Psalms 35:17 - rescue Psalms 40:2 - brought Jeremiah 31:11 - stronger Acts 12:7 - And his

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Attend unto my cry,.... His prayer and supplication for help in his distress, which he desires might be hearkened unto and answered;

for I am brought very low; in his spirit, in the exercise of grace, being in great affliction, and reduced to the utmost extremity, weakened, impoverished, and exhausted; wanting both men and money to assist him, Psalms 79:8;

deliver me from my persecutors; Saul and his men, who were in pursuit of him with great warmth and eagerness;

for they are stronger than I; more in number, and greater in strength; Saul had with him three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, ablebodied men, and expert in war; veteran troops, and in high spirits, with their king at the head of them; David had about six hundred men, and these poor mean creatures, such as were in distress, in debt, and discontented, and in want of provisions, and dispirited; see

1 Samuel 22:2. So the spiritual enemies of the Lord's people are stronger than they, Jeremiah 31:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Attend unto my cry - Give ear to me when I cry to thee. Do not turn away and refuse to hear me.

For I am brought very low - I am reduced greatly; I am made very poor. The language would be applicable to one who had been in better circumstances, and who had been brought down to a condition of danger, of poverty, of want. It is language which is commonly applied to poverty.

Deliver me from my persecutors - Saul and his followers.

For they are stronger than I - More in number; better armed; better suited for battle.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 142:6. I am brought very low — Never was I so near total ruin before.

Deliver me from my persecutors — They are now in full possession of the only means of my escape.

They are stronger than I. — What am I and my men against this well-appointed armed multitude, with their king at their head.


 
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