Psalms 142:4

Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

3Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.

5The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites went up to Saul in Gabaa, saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the right hand of the desert.

Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.

Psalms 1:6For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalms 69:20Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

Psalms 88:18They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.

Psalms 141:9Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.

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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