Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 142:5
5I cried unto thee, O Yhwh: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Psalms 142:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
- New International Version (NIV)I cry to you, Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)I cry to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
- New King James Version (NKJV)I cried out to You, O Lord: I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
Context of Psalms 142:5
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. 4I 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. I 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. 7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Read all of Psalms 142Psalms 142:5 word by word
זָעַ֥קְתִּי אֵלֶ֗יךָ יְה֫וָ֥ה אָ֭מַרְתִּי אַתָּ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י חֶ֝לְקִ֗י בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחַיִּים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 142:5
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 62:6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
- Psalms 91:2I will say of Yhwh, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
- John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- 2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Psalms 16:5Yhwh is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
- Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- Psalms 119:57Thou art my portion, O Yhwh: I have said that I would keep thy words.
- Lamentations 3:24Yhwh is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
- Psalms 27:13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Yhwh in the land of the living.
- Psalms 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Commentaries on Psalms 142:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I cried unto thee, O Lord - When there was no help; when I saw myself encompassed with dangers; when I looked on every hand and there was no “man” that would undertake for me. I said, Thou art my refuge - (a) My “only” refuge. I can go nowhere else. (b) Thou art “in fact” my refuge. I can and do put my trust in thee. See the notes at Psalm 46:1. And my portion - See the notes at Psalm 16:5. In the land of the living - Among all those that live - all…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Even when alone, the psalmist trusts the Lord, who is his life (see Psalms 9:9; 16:5; 27:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Compare Psa 31:14; 62:7).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 5no one recognizes me Among all of Saul’s servants, there is no one who protests against him.Read the comment
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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
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