Psalms 142:5
142:4 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 looked: or, Look on the right hand, and see failed: Heb. perished from me cared: Heb. sought afterI cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
KJV
I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
I cried to you, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
What does Psalms 142:5 mean?
Psalms 142:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include זָעַק (zâʻaq), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), אָמַר (ʼâmar).
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Genesis 1:24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.
Genesis 3:14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis 3:22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass
Genesis 1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Frequently asked questions
What does Psalms 142:5 say?
Psalms 142:5 (King James Version) reads: "I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living."
Is Psalms 142:5 in the Old or New Testament?
Psalms 142:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.
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