Psalms 142:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.”

Psalms 142:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 142:512 words

HebrewMeaning

הַבֵּ֤יטhabēyṭ

lookverbH5027

consider · look · regard · have respect ···

יָמִ֨יןyāmiyn

rightnounH3225

left-handed · side) · south

וּ/רְאֵה֮wrəʾēh

and seeconjH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

וְ/אֵֽיןwəʾēyn

and notconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

לִ֪/יliy

pron

מַ֫כִּ֥ירmakiyr

one who recognizesverbH5234

could · deliver · discern · dissemble ···

אָבַ֣דʾābad

it has been lostverbH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

מָנ֣וֹסmānwōs

a place of escapenounH4498

apace · way to flee · flight · refuge

מִמֶּ֑/נִּיmimeniy

from mepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

אֵ֖יןʾēyn

there notparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

דּוֹרֵ֣שׁdwōrēš

is one who caresverbH1875

at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···

לְ/נַפְשִֽׁ/יlənapəšiy

for self mypronH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

ℹWords 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 142:5

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

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Publish a note on this verse

No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!