Psalms 142:4

Looking on the right hand — and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

Young's Literal Translation

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 hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way [in] which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

5I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, 'Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?

Job 11:20And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!

Psalms 1:6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

Psalms 88:18Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!

Psalms 141:9Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of 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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