Psalms 142:4

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

Majority Standard Bible

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

3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

Psalms 88:18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

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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