Psalms 142:5
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
I cried to you, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
American King James Version (AKJV)
I cried to you, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
American Standard Version (ASV)
I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
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.
Webster's Revision
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."
English Revised Version (ERV)
I cried unto thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
Definitions for Psalms 142:5
Clarke's Psalms 142:5 Bible Commentary
Thou art my refuge - Even in these most disastrous circumstances, I will put my trust in thee.
Barnes's Psalms 142:5 Bible Commentary
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 Psalm 46:1.
And my portion - See the notes at Psalm 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.
Wesley's Psalms 142:5 Bible Commentary
142:5 The days - What thou hast done for thy servants in former times. Portion - Even in this life.