Psalms 142:4

Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me.

Brenton Septuagint

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 persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead.

5I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Cæne in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessæmon?

Job 11:20But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.

Psalms 1:6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalms 88:18For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn 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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