Psalms 142:4

Psalms 142:4 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me; Refuge has failed me; No one cares for my soul.

Context of Psalms 142:4

2I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. 3When 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. 5I cried unto thee, O Yhwh: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. 6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

Psalms 142:4 word by word

הַבֵּ֤יט יָמִ֨ין׀ וּרְאֵה֮ וְאֵֽין־לִ֪י מַ֫כִּ֥יר אָבַ֣ד מָנ֣וֹס מִמֶּ֑נִּי אֵ֖ין דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

• I lookedנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
• right handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• and beheldרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• no man that would knowנָכַרnâkar · to recognizeH5234
• me: refugeמָנוֹסmânôs · refugeH4498
• failedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• me; no man caredדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• for my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Psalms 142:4

• Psalms 31:11I 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.
• 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 88:8Thou 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.
• Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
• Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
• 2 Timothy 4:16At 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.
• 1 Samuel 23:11Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Yhwh God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Yhwh said, He will come down.
• 1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

Commentaries on Psalms 142:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I looked on my right hand, and beheld - Margin, “Look on the right hand and see The words translated “looked” and “beheld” are in the imperative mood in the Hebrew. They are not, however, improperly rendered as to the sense. They refer to David‘s state of mind at the time, and give vividness to the description. The psalmist seems to be in the presence of others. He calls upon them to look around; to see how he was encompassed with danger. Look, says he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The psalmist feels deep despair (see Psalm 77:3), and the Lord helps him in his distress. The psalmist trusts in the Lord's wisdom (see Psalm 139) but mourns being trapped by evil people (5:9–10; 140:5; 141:9; 142:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Utter desolation is meant. right hand--the place of a protector (Psa 110:5). cared for--literally, "sought after," to do good.Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 4and You know my path how many snares are in it.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Prison
• Care; Carefulness; Careful
• Fail
• Psalms, Book of
• Maschil

Commentaries on Psalms 142

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary