Psalms 142:4
Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard,—Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,—Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon?
Job 11:20But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail,—and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.
Psalms 1:6For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.
Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am weak,—Though I waited for one to pity me, yet there was none, And for comforters, yet I found not any.
Psalms 88:18Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.
Psalms 141:9Keep me out of the clutches of the trap they have set for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.
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 →