Psalms 142:4
(142:5) Look to the right, and behold, yea, there is no man that recognizeth me: [every] refuge is lost to me; there is no one that careth for my soul.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
5(142:6) I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of life.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul to Gib'ah, saying, Behold, David is hiding himself with us in the strong-holds in the forest, on the hill of Chachilah, which is on the right of the desert.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.
Psalms 1:6For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.
Psalms 69:20(69:21) Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sick; and I waited for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Psalms 88:18(88:19) Thou hast removed far from me lover and friend, my acquaintances [are in] darkness.
Psalms 141:9Guard me from the power of the snare which they have laid for me, and the traps of the wrong-doers.
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 →