Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
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Gill's Exposition
Attend unto my cry,.... His prayer and supplication for help in his distress, which he desires might be hearkened unto and answered;
for I am brought very low; in his spirit, in the exercise of…
Barnes' Notes
Attend unto my cry - Give ear to me when I cry to thee. Do not turn away and refuse to hear me. For I am brought very low - I am reduced greatly; I am made very poor. The language would be applicable…
The psalmist here tells us, for our instruction, 1. How he was disowned and deserted by his friends, Psa 142:4. When he was in favour at court he seemed to have a great interest, but when he was made…
Cambridge Bible
A mosaic of phrases which occur elsewhere. Cp. Psa 17:1; Psa 79:8; Psa 7:1; Psa 31:15; Psa 18:17.
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