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Psalm 142

Psa. 142:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Attend
qashab (Hebrew #7181)
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
KJV usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Pronounce: kaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
unto my cry
rinnah (Hebrew #7440)
properly, a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)
KJV usage: cry, gladness, joy, proclamation, rejoicing, shouting, sing(-ing), triumph.
Pronounce: rin-naw'
Origin: from 7442
; for I am brought
dalal (Hebrew #1809)
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
KJV usage: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
Pronounce: daw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1802)
very
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
low
dalal (Hebrew #1809)
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
KJV usage: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
Pronounce: daw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1802)
: deliver
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
me from my persecutors
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
; for they are stronger
'amats (Hebrew #553)
to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)
KJV usage: confirm, be courageous (of good courage, stedfastly minded, strong, stronger), establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen (self), make strong (obstinate, speed).
Pronounce: aw-mats'
Origin: a primitive root
h than I.
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Rom. 8:33,37• 33Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God who justifies:
 37But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us. (Rom. 8:33,37)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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for I am.
Psa. 44:24‑26• 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
 26Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake. (Psa. 44:24‑26)
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Psa. 79:8• 8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low. (Psa. 79:8)
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Psa. 116:6• 6Jehovah keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me. (Psa. 116:6)
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Psa. 136:23• 23Who hath remembered us in our low estate, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; (Psa. 136:23)
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Psa. 143:3,7• 3For 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.
 7Answer 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. (Psa. 143:3,7)
for they.
Psa. 3:1• 1A 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! (Psa. 3:1)
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Psa. 38:19• 19But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied: (Psa. 38:19)
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Psa. 57:3‑4• 3He 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.
 4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (Psa. 57:3‑4)
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Psa. 59:3• 3For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. (Psa. 59:3)
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1 Sam. 24:14• 14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea. (1 Sam. 24:14)
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Rom. 8:33,37• 33Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God who justifies:
 37But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us. (Rom. 8:33,37)
• Having spread his trouble before the Lord, he looks for an answer to his cry, and deliverance from his persecutors. He takes the place where God can meet a needy soul, for he owns that he is “brought very low,” and that his enemies are “stronger” than himself. (“Psalms 142” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.