Psalm 142:6 {141:7}
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 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.

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

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.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

for I am

Psalm 44:24-26 Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble? . . .

Psalm 79:8 Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

Psalm 116:6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.

Psalm 136:23 For he was mindful of us in our affliction: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 143:3,7 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my life to the earth. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been dead of old: . . .

for they

Psalm 3:1 The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom. [2] Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.

Psalm 38:19 But my enemies live, and are stronger than I: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

Psalm 57:3,4 He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth, . . .

Psalm 59:3 For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:

1 Samuel 24:14 After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

Romans 8:33,37 Who shall accuse against the elect of God? God is he that justifieth: . . .

Context
I Lift My Voice to the LORD
5I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living. 6Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.…
Cross References
Psalm 17:1
The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.

Psalm 18:17
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Psalm 79:8
Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

Psalm 116:6
The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.

Psalm 119:134
Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.

Jeremiah 31:11
For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and delivered him out of the hand of one that was mightier than he.

Psalm 142:5
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