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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 lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
 37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that 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.
 26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. (Psa. 44:24‑26)
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Psa. 79:8• 8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. (Psa. 79:8)
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Psa. 116:6• 6The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. (Psa. 116:6)
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Psa. 136:23• 23Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: (Psa. 136:23)
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Psa. 143:3,7• 3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
 7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. (Psa. 143:3,7)
for they.
Psa. 3:1• 1<<A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.>> Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. (Psa. 3:1)
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Psa. 38:19• 19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. (Psa. 38:19)
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Psa. 57:3‑4• 3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
 4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even 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, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord. (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 flea. (1 Sam. 24:14)
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Rom. 8:33,37• 33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
 37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that 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.