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Psalms 142:4 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
Verse in Context
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I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare
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 cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger
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Psalms 142:1
"[[Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.]] I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication."
Psalms 142:2
"I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble."
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"
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 142:6
"Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger"
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