Psalms 142:5 · KJV
“I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou {art} my refuge {and} my portion in the land of the living.”
— Psalms 142:5
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. {I looked...: or, Look on the right hand, and see} {failed...: Heb. perished from me} {cared...: Heb. sought after}
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Psalms 142 — Context
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.
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 looked...: or, Look on the right hand, and see} {failed...: Heb. perished from me} {cared...: Heb. sought after}
5I cried unto thee, O LORD: 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.
Cross References
2 Timothy 4:17
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.
Psalms 16:5
The LORD {is} the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. {of mine...: Heb. of my part}
Psalms 27:13
{I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
John 16:32
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. {his own: or, his own home}
Lamentations 3:24
The LORD {is} my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: {but} God {is} the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. {strength: Heb. rock}
Psalms 91:2
I will say of the LORD, {He is} my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms 91:9-10
Because thou hast made the LORD, {which is} my refuge, {even} the most High, thy habitation;