Psalms 142:5

New King James Version

I cried out to You, O LORD: I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I cry to you, Lord;I say, “You are my shelter,my portion in the land of the living.”

Hebrew Names Version
I cried to you, the LORD. I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living."

King James Version
I cried unto thee, O Lord : I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

English Standard Version
I cry to you, O Lord ; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

New Century Version
Lord , I cry out to you. I say, "You are my protection. You are all I want in this life."

New English Translation
I cry out to you, O Lord ; I say, "You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living."

Amplified Bible
I cried out to You, O LORD; I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

New American Standard Bible
I cried out to You, LORD; I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then cryed I vnto thee, O Lord, and sayde, thou art mine hope, and my portion in the land of the liuing.

Legacy Standard Bible
I cried out to You, O Yahweh;I said, "You are my refuge,My portion in the land of the living.

Berean Standard Bible
I cry to You, O LORD: "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

Contemporary English Version
I pray to you, Lord ! You are my place of safety, and you are my choice in the land of the living. Please answer my prayer. I am completely helpless.

Complete Jewish Bible
Look to my right, and see that no one recognizes me. I have no way of escape; nobody cares for me.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , I cry out to you for help: "You are my place of safety. You are all I need in life."

George Lamsa Translation
I cried to thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my hope and my portion, O LORD, in the land of the living.

Good News Translation
Lord , I cry to you for help; you, Lord , are my protector; you are all I want in this life.

Lexham English Bible
I cry out to you, O Yahweh. I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

Literal Translation
I cried to You, O Jehovah; I said, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Cosidre my complaynte, for I am brought very lowe.

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

Bible in Basic English
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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Look on my right hand, and see, for there is no man that knoweth me;

King James Version (1611)
I cried vnto thee, O Lord, I said, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the liuing.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I cryed vnto thee O God, and sayde: thou art my hope and my portion in the lande of the lyuyng.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

English Revised Version
I cried unto thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, Y criede to thee, Y seide, Thou art myn hope; my part in the lond of lyueris.

Update Bible Version
I cried to you, O Yahweh; I said, You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

Webster's Bible Translation
I cried to thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.

New Living Translation
Then I pray to you, O Lord . I say, "You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.

New Life Bible
I cried out to You, O Lord. I said, "You are my safe place, my share in the land of the living.

New Revised Standard
I cry to you, O Lord ; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I have made outcry unto thee, O Yahweh, - I have said, Thou, art my refuge, my portion, in the land of the living.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(141-6) I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

Revised Standard Version
I cry to thee, O LORD; I say, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Young's Literal Translation
I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou [art] my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
I cried out to You, O Lord ; I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

Contextual Overview

⁴ Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me; Refuge has failed me; No one cares for my soul. ⁵ I cried out to You, O LORD: I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. ⁶ Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I. ⁷ Bring my soul out of prison, That I may praise Your name; The righteous shall surround me, For You shall deal bountifully with me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou art: Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 62:6, Psalms 62:7, Psalms 91:2, Psalms 91:9, Psalms 91:10, John 16:32, 2 Timothy 4:17

my portion: Psalms 16:5, Psalms 73:26, Psalms 119:57, Lamentations 3:24

in the land: Psalms 27:13, Psalms 56:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:1 - and thy Numbers 18:20 - I am thy part Numbers 35:6 - six cities for refuge Psalms 35:23 - my God Psalms 61:4 - trust Psalms 71:7 - thou art Psalms 94:17 - Unless Psalms 140:6 - I said unto Psalms 143:9 - flee unto thee Jeremiah 10:16 - portion Jeremiah 11:19 - from Ezekiel 32:23 - the land Micah 7:7 - I will look Luke 8:24 - Master Luke 10:42 - good Luke 18:1 - that 1 Peter 5:7 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I cried unto thee, O Lord,.... Finding no help from man, he turns to the Lord, and directs his prayer to him in his distress;

I said, thou [art] my refuge; as he was, from all his enemies that were in pursuit of him, and from the storm of calamities he apprehended was coming upon him: and a refuge the Lord is to all his people in time of trouble; and where they always meet with sustenance, protection, and safety; he being a strong habitation, a strong hold, a strong refuge, to which they may resort at all times; and such is Christ to all sensible sinners that flee unto him, Hebrews 6:18;

[and] my portion in the land of the living; and a most excellent one he is, a large, immense, and inconceivable portion; he and all his perfections, purposes, promises, and blessings, being included in it; a soul-satisfying one, and which will never be taken away nor consumed; it is a portion in the present life; it will last as long as life lasts, and continues unto death, and at death, and for evermore,

Psalms 73:26.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I 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 Psalms 46:1.

And my portion - See the notes at Psalms 16:5.

In the land of the living - Among all those that live - all living beings. There is no one else among the living to whom I can come but to thee, the living God. My hope is not in human beings, for they are against me; not in angels, for they have not the power to rescue me. It is God only, the living God, whom I make my confidence and the ground of my hope.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 142:5. Thou art my refuge — Even in these most disastrous circumstances, I will put my trust in thee.