Psalms 142:4

And my spirit has been in anguish over me. My heart within me has been disturbed.

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In The King James Version

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

In Context

3For the enemy has pursued my soul. He has lowered my life to the earth. He has stationed me in darkness, like the dead of ages past.

5I have called to mind the days of antiquity. I have been meditating on all your works. I have meditated on the workings of your hands.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites ascended to Saul at Gibeah, saying: “Behold, is not David hidden with us in very secure places in the woods on the hill of Hachilah, which is to the right of the desert?

Job 11:20But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.

Psalms 1:6For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.

Psalms 88:18For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 142:2-4

David's Complaints. 1 I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 2 I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble. 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. Whether it was in the cave of Adullam, or that of Engedi, that David prayed this prayer, is not material; it is plain that he was in distress. It was a great disgrace to so great a soldier, so… Read the whole commentary →

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