Psalms 142:4

Look on my right hand, and see; for there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.

Revised Version 1895

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 was overwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.

5I cried unto thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

Psalms 1:6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Psalms 88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins 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 →

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