Psalm 142:6 “Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursue…”

Psalm 142:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Attend unto 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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Hearken vnto my crye, for I am brought very lowe: deliuer me from my persecuters, 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.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“for I am”

Psalm 79:8 Psalm 116:6 Psalm 136:23 Psalm 143:7 Psalm 44:24–26 Psalm 143:3

Psalm 79:8 · BSB

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

Psalm 116:6 · BSB

The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.

Psalm 136:23 · BSB

He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalm 143:7 · BSB

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

Psalm 44:24–26 · BSB

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Psalm 143:3 · BSB

For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.

“for they”

Psalm 3:1 Psalm 38:19 Psalm 59:3 1 Samuel 24:14 Romans 8:33 Romans 8:37

Psalm 3:1 · BSB

O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

Psalm 38:19 · BSB

Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

Psalm 59:3 · BSB

See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.

1 Samuel 24:14 · BSB

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

Romans 8:33 · BSB

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

Romans 8:37 · BSB

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

Also

Psalm 17:1 Psalm 18:17

Psalm 17:1 · BSB

Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.

Psalm 18:17 · BSB

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

7Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.

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