1 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer. I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication. 2 I pour out my complaint before him; I show before him my trouble. 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me. 4 Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul. 5 I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend unto 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 give thanks unto thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
Psalms · American Standard Version (1901)
Psalm 142 American Standard Version (1901)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (7)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 30:8; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 141:1; Psalm 77:1–2; 1 Chronicles 4:10
- 2 Romans 8:26; Isaiah 26:16; Philippians 4:6–7; Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 62:8
- 3 Psalm 140:5; Psalm 141:9; Psalm 143:4; Psalm 61:2; Mark 14:33–36
- 4 Jeremiah 30:17; Psalm 88:18; Psalm 31:11; Matthew 26:56; Job 19:13–19
- 5 2 Timothy 4:17; Psalm 16:5; Psalm 27:13; Psalm 91:9–10; Lamentations 3:24
- 6 Psalm 79:8; Psalm 136:23; Psalm 116:6; Romans 8:33; Psalm 17:1
- 7 Psalm 143:11; Psalm 146:7; Psalm 7:6–7; Psalm 13:6; James 5:11
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The Psalm which we have just sung is in many parts somewhat obscure. When by the help of the Lord what has been said shall begin to be expounded and explained, ye will see that ye are hearing things which ye knew already.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But Thou, "my refuge and my portion in the land of the living," didst while at Carthage goad me, so that I might thereby be withdrawn from it, and exchange my worldly habitation for the preservation of my soul; whilst at Rome Thou didst offer me enticements by which to attract me there, by men enchanted with this dying life,--the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall by inheritance possess the earth:" that earth, I suppose, of which it is said in the Psalm, "Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." For it signifies a certain firmness and stability of the perpetual inheritance, where the soul, by means of a good disposition, rests, as it …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
But in another place he says, "Refuge hath failed me, and there is no one that seeketh after my soul." Those who sought, and those who did not, are blamed alike.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)