Psalms 142:4
2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
3 Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
5 I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
6 Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
- BLB
- Look [to] the right and see, and no one attends to me; the place of refuge has perished for me; no one is inquiring for my soul.
- ÅB
- Sku til min høyre side og se! Det er ikke noen som kjennes ved meg; all tilflukt er borte for meg, det er ikke noen som spør etter min sjel.
- OTB
- Se til høyre og merk deg;
For det er ingen som legger merke til meg.
Det er ingen utvei for meg;
Ingen bryr seg om min sjel. - B1930
- Sku til min høire side og se! Det er ikke nogen som kjennes ved mig; all tilflukt er borte for mig, det er ikke nogen som spør efter min sjel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
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You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Read in contextPsalms 31:11
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
Read in contextMatthew 26:56
But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
Read in contextJob 19:13–19
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Read in contextPsalms 69:20
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
Read in contextPsalms 88:8
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
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