Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
New American Standard Bible
For I am
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are too
King James Version
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Holman Bible
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for 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.
A Conservative Version
Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver 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.
Amplified
“Give attention to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Rescue 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.
Julia Smith Translation
Attend to my cry, for I languished greatly: deliver me from those pursuing me, for they were strengthened above me.
King James 2000
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.
Modern King James verseion
Hear my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my pursuers; for they are stronger than I.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Consider my complaint, for I am brought very low. O deliver me from my persecutors, 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 Heart English Bible
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than me.
The 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.
Webster
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 stronger than me.
Youngs 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.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 142:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Distress
5 I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, 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 celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 79:8
Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.
Psalm 116:6
Jehovah keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
Psalm 17:1
{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.
1 Samuel 24:14
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
Psalm 3:1
{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!
Psalm 18:17
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.
Psalm 38:19
But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:
Psalm 44:24-26
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalm 57:3-4
He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.
Psalm 59:3
For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
Psalm 136:23
Who hath remembered us in our low estate, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
Psalm 143:3
For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Romans 8:33
Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God who justifies:
Romans 8:37
But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us.