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Psalms 142:6
Psalms 142:6 is verse 6 of Psalms chapter 142, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
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 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.
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Psalms 142:4–7 · Berean Standard Bible
4 Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
5 I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
6 Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
7 Free 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Psalms 44:25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Psalms 44:26Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
Psalms 79:8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
Psalms 116:6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
Psalms 136:23He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
Psalms 143:7Answer 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.
Psalms 3:1O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
Psalms 38:19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
Romans 8:33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.