Psalms 142:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זָעַ֥קְתִּי אֵלֶ֗יךָ יְה֫וָ֥ה אָ֭מַרְתִּי אַתָּ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י חֶ֝לְקִ֗י בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחַיִּים׃

Transliteration

Zāʿaqtî to you, YHWH; ʾāmartî, ʾattâ maḥsî, ḥelqî in ʾereṣ the ḥayyîm.

Grammar Details

*Zāʿaqtî*: 1st person singular perfect, qal - I cried out
*ʾēleykā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*ʾāmartî*: 1st person singular perfect, qal - I said
*ʾattâ*: 2nd masculine singular pronoun - you
*maḥsî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my refuge
*ḥelqî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my portion
*bĕ*: preposition - in
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular construct - land of
*ha*: definite article - the
*ḥayyîm*: masculine plural noun - living/life

Word Meanings

*Zāʿaqtî*: I cried out/I called loudly
*maḥsî*: my refuge/my shelter/my protection
*ḥelqî*: my portion/my share/my lot
*ʾereṣ* *ha-ḥayyîm*: land of the living/realm of life

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Referenced Verses

Ps 79:8 : 8 Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.
Ps 116:6 : 6 Jehovah preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
Ps 17:1 : 1 A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Ps 18:17 : 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; For they were too mighty for me.
Ps 38:19 : 19 But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Ps 44:24-26 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth. 26 Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.
Ps 57:3-4 : 3 He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; {H5542} God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth. 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
Ps 136:23 : 23 Who remembered us in our low estate; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;
Ps 143:3 : 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Ps 143:7 : 7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Rom 8:33 : 33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth;
Rom 8:37 : 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
1 Sam 24:14 : 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
Ps 3:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.

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