Parallel Verses
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.'
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.
Julia Smith Translation
I cried to thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou 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."
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 142:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Distress
4 Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul. 5 I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.' 6 Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 16:5
Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.
Psalm 27:13
I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!
Psalm 46:1
To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
Psalm 73:26
Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age.
Psalm 91:2
He is saying of Jehovah, 'My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,'
Psalm 46:7
Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.
Psalm 46:11
Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.
Psalm 56:13
For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!
Psalm 62:6-7
Only -- He is my rock and my salvation, My tower, I am not moved.
Psalm 91:9-10
(For Thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation.
Psalm 119:57
Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,
Lamentations 3:24
My portion is Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
John 16:32
and now it hath come, that ye may be scattered, each to his own things, and me ye may leave alone, and I am not alone, because the Father is with me;
2 Timothy 4:17
and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,