Psalms 142:4–6
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 on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me, refuge failed me: no man cared for my soule.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, Looke on the right hand, and see.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. perished from me.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. no man sought after my soule.
I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
I cried vnto thee, O LORD, I said, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the liuing.
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Attend vnto my crie, for I am brought very low, deliuer mee from my persecuters: for they are stronger then I.
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From verse 4
- Jeremiah 30:17Rank 1 from verse 4
17For 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.
17For I will restore health vnto thee, and I will heale thee of thy wounds, sayth the LORD, because they called thee an outcast, saying; This is Zion whom no man seeketh after.
- Psalms 31:11Rank 2 from verse 4
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.
11I was a reproch among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a feare to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without, fled from me.
- Psalms 88:18Rank 3 from verse 4
- Job 19:13–19Rank 4 from verse 4
13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
13Hee hath put my brethren farre from me, and mine acquaintance are verely estranged from me.
14My kinsefolke haue failed, and my familiar friends haue forgotten me.
15They that dwell in mine house, and my maides count me for a stranger: I am an aliant in their sight.
16I called my seruant, and he gaue me no answere: I intreated him with my mouth.
17My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the childrens sake of †mine owne body.
18Yea, ‖yong children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19*All †my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loued, are turned against me.
- Matthew 26:56Rank 5 from verse 4
- 1 Samuel 27:1Rank 6 from verse 4
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.
1¶ And Dauid sayd in his heart, I shall now †perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me, then that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shal despaire of me, to seeke me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
- 2 Timothy 4:16Rank 7 from verse 4
- Psalms 69:20Rank 8 from verse 4
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.
20Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some †to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
- Psalms 88:8Rank 9 from verse 4
- 1 Samuel 23:11–13Rank 10 from verse 4
11Will 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.
12Then 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.
13¶ 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.
11Will the men of Keilah deliuer me vp into his hande? will Saul come downe, as thy seruant hath heard, O LORD God of Israel? I beseech thee tell thy seruant. And the LORD said, He will come downe.
12Then said Dauid, Will the men of Keilah †deliuer me, and my men, into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliuer thee vp.
13¶ Then Dauid and his men, which were about sixe hundred, arose, and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoeuer they could goe: and it was told Saul that Dauid was escaped from Keilah, and hee forbare to goe foorth.
- 1 Samuel 23:19–20Rank 11 from verse 4
19¶ 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?
20Now 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.
19¶ Then came vp the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not Dauid hide himselfe with vs in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is †on the South of ‖Ieshimon?
20Now therefore, O king, come downe according to all the desire of thy soule to come downe, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the kings hand.
- Jeremiah 25:35Rank 12 from verse 4
From verse 5
- 2 Timothy 4:17Rank 1 from verse 5
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.
17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully knowen, and that all the Gentiles might heare: and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lyon.
- Psalms 16:5Rank 2 from verse 5
- Psalms 27:13Rank 3 from verse 5
- John 16:32Rank 4 from verse 5
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.
32*Behold, the houre commeth, yea is now come, that ye shall be scattered, euery man to his ‖owne, and shall leaue me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- Lamentations 3:24Rank 5 from verse 5
- Psalms 73:26Rank 6 from verse 5
- Psalms 91:2Rank 7 from verse 5
- Psalms 91:9–10Rank 8 from verse 5
9Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, euen the most High, thy habitation:
10There shall no euill befall thee: neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
- Psalms 119:57Rank 9 from verse 5
- Psalms 56:13Rank 10 from verse 5
- Psalms 46:1Rank 11 from verse 5
- Psalms 62:6–7Rank 12 from verse 5
6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
6He onely is my rocke and my saluation; he is my defence; I shall not bee moued.
7In God is my saluation, and my glorie: the rocke of my strength, and my refuge is in God.
- Psalms 46:11Rank 13 from verse 5
- Psalms 46:7Rank 14 from verse 5
From verse 6
- Psalms 79:8Rank 1 from verse 6
- Psalms 116:6Rank 2 from verse 6
- Psalms 136:23Rank 3 from verse 6
- Psalms 17:1Rank 4 from verse 6
- 1 Samuel 24:14Rank 5 from verse 6
- Psalms 143:7Rank 6 from verse 6
- Psalms 18:17Rank 7 from verse 6
- Psalms 3:1Rank 8 from verse 6
- Psalms 38:19Rank 9 from verse 6
- Psalms 57:3–4Rank 10 from verse 6
3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
3‖Hee shall send from heauen, and saue me from the reproch of him, that would swallow me vp; Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his trueth.
4My soule is among lyons, and I lie euen among them that are set on fire: euen the sonnes of men, whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.
- Psalms 59:3Rank 11 from verse 6
- Romans 8:33Rank 12 from verse 6
- Romans 8:37Rank 13 from verse 6
- Psalms 143:3Rank 14 from verse 6
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
3For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my life downe to the ground: hee hath made mee to dwell in darkenesse, as those that haue bene long dead.
- Psalms 44:24–26Rank 15 from verse 6
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our affliction, and our oppression?
25For our soule is bowed downe to the dust; our belly cleaueth vnto the earth.
26†Arise for our helpe, and redeeme vs for thy mercies sake.
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Psalms 142:4
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of look, meaning to direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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Saw, looked upon, or observed.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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A shelter, haven, protection, or source of safety to which one flees or trusts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fail, meaning to become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply. Sense 2: To be entirely wanting.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of care, meaning to feel concern or regard; to take anxious thought.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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Psalms 142:5
1. Called out, shouted, proclaimed, warned, wailed, or otherwise uttered, often loudly. 2. Appealed, prayed, complained, or called for help, justice, or attention.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.
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A shelter, haven, protection, or source of safety to which one flees or trusts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
A part, share, allotment, inheritance, assigned duty, reward, or outcome belonging or given to someone.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.
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Psalms 142:6
1. To give heed, listen, or direct attention toward. 2. To wait upon, serve, or devote oneself to.
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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.
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Sense 1: Not high; beneath in place, rank, amount, strength, or condition. Sense 2: Humble or brought down.
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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.
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COMBINED MEANING
persecutors
Persons who pursue, oppress, or vex others unjustly, especially for their faith.
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Possessing greater power, firmness, force, capacity, health, influence, or ability than another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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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.
3When my spirit was ouerwhelmed within mee, then thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily 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.
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 soule.
Selected passage5I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
5I cried vnto thee, O LORD, I said, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the liuing.
Selected passage6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
6Attend vnto my crie, for I am brought very low, deliuer mee from my persecuters: for they are stronger then I.
Selected passage7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
7Bring my soule out of prison, that I may praise thy Name: the righteous shall compasse me about: for thou shalt deale bountifully with me.