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

English Standard Version
I cry to you, O Lord ; I say, "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.

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."

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."

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

American Standard Version
I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

New American Standard Bible
I cried out to You, 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.

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.

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

Darby Translation
I cried unto thee, Jehovah; 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.

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.'

World English Bible
I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Legacy Standard Bible
I cried out to You, O Yahweh;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.