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Psalms 142:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 142:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 142:412 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/הִתְעַטֵּ֬ףbəhitəʿaṭēp
when faints awaypronH5848
fail · faint · feebler · hide self ···
עָלַ֨/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רוּחִ֗/יrwḥiy
spirit mynounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
וְ/אַתָּה֮wəʾatāh
and youconjH859
thou · ye · you
יָדַ֪עְתָּyādaʿətā
you knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥/יnətiybātiy
pathway mynounH5410
travel · way
בְּ/אֹֽרַחbəʾōraḥ
in the pathpronH734
path · race · rank · traveller ···
ז֥וּzw
whichparticleH2098
this · wherein · which · whom
אֲהַלֵּ֑ךְʾăhalēkə
I walkverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
טָמְנ֖וּṭāmənw
people have hiddenverbH2934
lay privily · in secret
פַ֣חpaḥ
a snarenounH6341
plate · snare
לִֽ/יliy
pron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 142:4

1. ...“With my voice have I cried unto the Lord” Psalm 141:1. It were enough to say, “with voice:” not for nothing perhaps has “my” been added. For many cry unto the Lord, not with their own voice, but with the voice of their body. Let the “inner man” then, in whom “Christ” has begun to “dwell by faith,” Ephesians 3:17 cry unto the Lord, not with the din of his lips, but with the affection of his heart. God hears not, where man hears: unless you cry with the voice of lungs…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 142 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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