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.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 142:3 tn Heb “my spirit grows faint.”
- Psalm 142:3 tn Heb “you know my path.”
- Psalm 142:4 tn Heb “there is no one who recognizes me.”
- Psalm 142:4 tn Heb “ a place of refuge perishes from me.”
- Psalm 142:4 tn Heb “there is no one who seeks for the sake of my life.”
- 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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