Psalm 142:5
New International Version
I cry to you, LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, 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.

English Standard Version
I cry to you, O LORD; I say, “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.”

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

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.

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

NASB 1995
I cried out to You, O LORD; I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

NASB 1977
I cried out to Thee, O LORD; I said, “Thou art 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.

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I cry to You, LORD; I say, “You are my shelter, 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I cried to you, LORD JEHOVAH, and I have said:" You are my hope and my portion in the land of life."

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I cried to thee, O Lord: I 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I call out to you, O LORD. I say, "You are my refuge, my own inheritance in this world 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.

International Standard Version
So I cry to you, Lord, declaring, "You are my refuge, my only possession while I am on this earth."

JPS Tanakh 1917
I have cried unto Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

Literal Standard Version
I have cried to you, O YHWH, | I have said, “You [are] my refuge, | My portion in the land of the living.”

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

New American Bible
I cry out to you, LORD, I say, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

NET Bible
I cry out to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living."

New Revised Standard Version
I cry to you, O LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

New Heart English Bible
I cried to you, LORD. 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.

World English Bible
I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are 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.'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
I Lift My Voice to the LORD
4Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. 5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” 6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.…

Cross References
Psalm 14:6
You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.

Psalm 16:5
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

Psalm 27:13
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 91:2
I will say to the LORD, "You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

Psalm 91:9
Because you have made the LORD your dwelling--my refuge, the Most High--

Ezekiel 32:24
Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword--those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.


Treasury of Scripture

I cried to you, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

thou art

Psalm 46:1,7,11
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble…

Psalm 62:6,7
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved…

Psalm 91:2,9,10
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust…

my portion

Psalm 16:5
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

Psalm 119:57
CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

in the land

Psalm 27:13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalm 56:13
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

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Psalm 142
1. David shows that in his trouble all his comfort was in prayer unto God














(5) With this verse comp. Psalm 31:3; Psalm 22:8; Psalm 16:5, &c.

Verse 5. - I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my Refuge. When men's fathers and mothers forsake them, the Lord taketh them up (Psalm 27:10). David looked to God as a sure Refuge at all times (Psalm 9:9; Psalm 18:1, 2; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 59:9, 16, 17). And my Portion in the land of the living; or, "my inheritance" (comp. Psalm 16:5; Psalm 73:26).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I cry
זָעַ֥קְתִּי (zā·‘aq·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly

to You,
אֵלֶ֗יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

O LORD:
יְה֫וָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

“You
אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

[are] my refuge,
מַחְסִ֑י (maḥ·sî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4268: Refuge, shelter

my portion
חֶ֝לְקִ֗י (ḥel·qî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2506: Portion, tract, territory

in the land
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of the living.”
הַֽחַיִּים׃ (ha·ḥay·yîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life


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