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Psalms 142:6 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 142:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 142:69 words
HebrewMeaning
זָעַ֥קְתִּיzāʿaqətiy
I cry outverbH2199
call · cry · come with such a company · gather ···
אֵלֶ֗י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְה֫וָ֥הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אָ֭מַרְתִּיʾāmarətiy
I sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַתָּ֣הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
מַחְסִ֑/יmaḥəsiy
are refuge mynounH4268
refuge · shelter · trust
חֶ֝לְקִ֗/יḥeləqiy
portion mynounH2506
inheritance · part · partake · portion
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
הַֽ/חַיִּיםhaḥayiym
the livingparticleH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 142:6

1. ...“With my voice have I cried unto the Lord” Psalm 141:1. It were enough to say, “with voice:” not for nothing perhaps has “my” been added. For many cry unto the Lord, not with their own voice, but with the voice of their body. Let the “inner man” then, in whom “Christ” has begun to “dwell by faith,” Ephesians 3:17 cry unto the Lord, not with the din of his lips, but with the affection of his heart. God hears not, where man hears: unless you cry with the voice of lungs…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 142 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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