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Psalm 142:6

Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

4Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
5I cried to you, LORD. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
6Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
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“Too strong for me” names the imbalance between the speaker and his persecutors, making the cry for rescue an honest admission of his limits.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 31:15My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.Both prayers ask God for deliverance from persecutors, placing the speaker's safety in God's hands.
Psalm 17:1A Prayer by David. Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.Both prayers begin by asking God to listen, making a direct appeal for his attention.
Psalm 25:2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.Both speakers face enemies and turn to God, asking for rescue or protection from their enemies' triumph.
Psalm 116:6The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.Desperate need connects these passages: one speaker asks for deliverance, while the other recounts being brought low and saved.
Jeremiah 31:11For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.Both passages name an opponent stronger than the person threatened, with deliverance sought from God or credited to him.
Romans 8:33Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.The link is limited: the psalm seeks God's rescue from persecutors, while Romans names God as the one who justifies.
Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.Both look beyond human strength: the psalm asks God for deliverance, while Romans attributes victory to the one who loved them.
Genesis 32:11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.Both prayers ask for deliverance from a feared person or group, naming the threat without disguising the speaker's vulnerability.
1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?Both passages describe pursuit marked by unequal strength, with Samuel's speaker comparing himself to a dead dog or flea.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

You do not have to understate danger when you pray. The speaker names his persecutors' strength without reserve and asks God to do what he cannot: deliver him.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).