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Psalm 142:3-5
New English Translation

3 Even when my strength leaves me,[a]
you watch my footsteps.[b]
In the path where I walk
they have hidden a trap for me.
4 Look to the right and see.
No one cares about me.[c]
I have nowhere to run;[d]
no one is concerned about my life.[e]
5 I cry out to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my shelter,
my security[f] in the land of the living.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 142:3 tn Heb “my spirit grows faint.”
  2. Psalm 142:3 tn Heb “you know my path.”
  3. Psalm 142:4 tn Heb “there is no one who recognizes me.”
  4. Psalm 142:4 tn Heb “ a place of refuge perishes from me.”
  5. Psalm 142:4 tn Heb “there is no one who seeks for the sake of my life.”
  6. Psalm 142:5 tn Heb “my portion.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel.
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Psalm 142:3-5
New International Version

3 When my spirit grows faint(A) within me,
    it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
    people have hidden a snare for me.
4 Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
    no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;(B)
    no one cares(C) for my life.

5 I cry to you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my refuge,(D)
    my portion(E) in the land of the living.”(F)

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