Psalms 142:4

I look to the right and the left; but not a friend have I. No place of refuge is left me, not a man to care for me.

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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

3When my spirit is faint within me, my path is known to you. In the way I am wont to walk in, they have hidden a trap for me.

5So I cry to you, O Lord: I say, “My refuge are you, all I have in the land of the living.”

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Cross References

Psalms 1:6For the way of the righteous is dear to the Lord, but the way of the wicked will end in ruin.

Psalms 69:20Insult has broken my heart, past cure are my shame and confusion. For pity I looked – there was none! And for comforters, but I found none.

Psalms 88:18Those who love me you put far from me; the dark is my only friend.

Psalms 141:9Keep me safe from the trap they have laid for me, from the snares of the workers of trouble.

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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