Psalms 142:4
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.
Psalms 142:4 in other translations
| BSB | Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | Looking on the right hand--and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring 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. |
| BBE | Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Psalms 142:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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Psalms 142:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 142:4
- 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.
- Psalms 88:18
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
- Psalms 31:11
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.
- Matthew 26:56
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
- Job 19:13-19
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. …
- 2 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.
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 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.
- 1 Samuel 27:1
And 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.
- 1 Samuel 23:11-13
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up. Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
- 1 Samuel 23:19-20
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.
- Jeremiah 25:35
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
31:11; 69:20; 88:8,18; Job 19:13-19; Mt 26:56; 2Ti 4:16
refuge.
1Sa 23:11-13,19,20; 27:1
failed me. no man cared for my soul. Heb. perished from me;no man sought after my soul.
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Context
- Psalms 142:3
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.
- Psalms 142:4
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.
- Psalms 142:5
I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Psalms 142:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Miraba á la mano derecha, y observaba; mas no había quien me conociese; no tuve refugio, no había quien volviese por mi vida. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand mon esprit était accablé en moi, toi tu as connu mon sentier. Sur le chemin par lequel je marchais, ils m’ont caché un piège. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Schaue zur Rechten, und sieh: ich habe ja niemand, der mich erkennt; verloren ist mir jede Zuflucht, niemand fragt nach meiner Seele. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et anxiatus est super me spiritus meus; in me turbatum est cor meum. |