Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
I cried to thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
New American Standard Bible
I said, “You are
My
King James Version
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Holman Bible
I say, “You are my shelter,
my portion in the land of the living.”
International Standard Version
So I cry to you, Lord, declaring, "You are my refuge, my only possession while I am on this earth."
A Conservative Version
I cried to thee, O LORD. I said, Thou are my refuge, 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.
Amplified
I cried out to You, O Lord;
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
King James 2000
I cried unto you, O LORD: I said, you are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I cry out to you, O Yahweh. I say, "You [are] my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
Modern King James verseion
I cried to You, O Jehovah; I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore do I cry unto thee, O LORD, and say, "Thou art my hope and 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 Heart English Bible
I cried to you, LORD. I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
The Emphasized Bible
I have made outcry unto thee, O Yahweh, - I have said, Thou, art my refuge, my portion, in the land of the living.
Webster
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."
Youngs Literal Translation
I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 142:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Distress
4 Looking upon the right hand, and seeing, and none caring for me: flight perished from me; none sought for my soul 5 I cried to thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend to my cry, for I languished greatly: deliver me from those pursuing me, for they were strengthened above me.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 16:5
Jehovah the portion of my part and of my cup: thou didst hold up my lot.
Psalm 27:13
Unless I believed to look upon the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living.
Psalm 46:1
To the overseer for the sons of Korah, with the female voice: a song. O God, to us refuge and strength, helping greatly, being found in straits
Psalm 73:26
My flesh failed and my heart: the rock of my heart and my portion is God forever.
Psalm 91:2
Saying to Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress: my God, I will trust in thee
Psalm 46:7
Jehovah of armies is with us, the God of Jacob a height for us. Silence.
Psalm 46:11
Jehovah of armies is with us; the God of Jacob a height for us. Silence.
Psalm 56:13
For thou deliveredst my soul from death: are not my feet from falling, to go about before God in the light of the living?
Psalm 62:6-7
Surely he my rock and my salvation: my height; I shall not be moved.
Psalm 91:9-10
For thou, O Jehovah, my trust; thou didst set the Most High thy refuge.
Psalm 119:57
My portion, O Jehovah: I said to watch thy words.
Lamentations 3:24
Jehovah my portion, said my soul; for this I will hope toward him.
John 16:32
Behold, the hour comes, and has now come, that ye be scattered, each to his own, and leave me alone: and I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the promulgation might be rendered perfectly certain, and all the nations might hear: and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth.