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Psalms 142:5 King James Version (KJV)

5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.


Psalms 142:5 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

5 I cried H2199 unto thee, O LORD: H3068 I said, H559 Thou art my refuge H4268 and my portion H2506 in the land H776 of the living. H2416


Psalms 142:5 American Standard (ASV)

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


Psalms 142:5 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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


Psalms 142:5 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

5 I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.


Psalms 142:5 World English Bible (WEB)

5 I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living."


Psalms 142:5 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

Cross Reference

Psalms 16:5 KJV

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Psalms 27:13 KJV

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalms 46:1 KJV

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalms 46:7 KJV

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalms 46:11 KJV

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalms 56:13 KJV

For 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?

Psalms 62:6-7 KJV

He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Psalms 73:26 KJV

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

Psalms 91:2 KJV

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Psalms 91:9-10 KJV

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Psalms 119:57 KJV

Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

Lamentations 3:24 KJV

The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

John 16:32 KJV

Behold, 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 4:17 KJV

Notwithstanding 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.

Commentary on Psalms 142 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 142

Ps 142:1-7. Maschil—(See on Ps 32:1, title). When he was in the cave—either of Adullam (1Sa 22:1), or En-gedi (1Sa 24:3). This does not mean that the Psalm was composed in the cave, but that the precarious mode of life, of which his refuge in caves was a striking illustration, occasioned the complaint, which constitutes the first part of the Psalm and furnishes the reason for the prayer with which it concludes, and which, as the prominent characteristic, gives its name.

1. with my voice—audibly, because earnestly.

2. (Compare Ps 62:8).

I poured out my complaint—or, "a sad musing."

3. thou knewest … path—The appeal is indicative of conscious innocence; knowest it to be right, and that my affliction is owing to the snares of enemies, and is not deserved (compare Ps 42:4; 61:2).

4. Utter desolation is meant.

right hand—the place of a protector (Ps 110:5).

cared for—literally, "sought after," to do good.

5. (Compare Ps 31:14; 62:7).

6. (Compare Ps 17:1).

7. (Compare Ps 25:17).

that I may praise—literally, "for praising," or, "that Thy name may be praised," that is, by the righteous, who shall surround me with sympathizing joy (Ps 35:27).