Psalms 142:4
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed 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.
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.
5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
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
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
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I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
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But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
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He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:16
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Read in contextPsalms 69:20
Reproach 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.
Read in contextPsalms 88:8
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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