Psalms 142:6

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. former...: or, the iniquities of them that were before us

The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

[A Prayer of David.] Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. the right: Heb. justice not...: Heb. without lips of deceit

[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.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. for our...: Heb. a help for us

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

For 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.

He 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. from the...: or, he reproacheth him that My 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.

Hear 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. lest...: or, for I am become like, etc