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Psalm 142

Psa. 142:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I cried
za`aq (Hebrew #2199)
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
KJV usage: assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Pronounce: zaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: I said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Thou art my refuge
machaceh (Hebrew #4268)
from 2620; a shelter (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
Pronounce: makh-as-eh'
Origin: or machceh {makh-seh'}
e and my portion
cheleq (Hebrew #2506)
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
KJV usage: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.
Pronounce: khay'lek
Origin: from 2505
f in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of the living
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
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Psa. 46:1• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found. (Psa. 46:1)
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Psa. 73:26• 26My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Lam. 3:24• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Thou art.
Psa. 46:1,7,11• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
 7Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.
 11Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah. (Psa. 46:1,7,11)
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Psa. 62:6‑7• 6He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be moved.
 7With God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. (Psa. 62:6‑7)
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Psa. 91:2,9‑10• 2I say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress; my God, I will confide in him.
 9Because *thou* hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,
 10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. (Psa. 91:2,9‑10)
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John 16:32• 32Behold, the hour is coming, and has come, that ye shall be scattered, each to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. (John 16:32)
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2 Tim. 4:17• 17But the Lord stood with me, and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all those of the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth. (2 Tim. 4:17)
my portion.
Psa. 16:5• 5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. (Psa. 16:5)
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Psa. 73:26• 26My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Psa. 119:57• 57CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words. (Psa. 119:57)
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Lam. 3:24• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)
in the land.
Psa. 27:13• 13Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living …! (Psa. 27:13)
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Psa. 56:13• 13For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt thou not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? (Psa. 56:13)
• They will look to the Lord alone as their only resource. They will trust in Him as their refuge and He will not disappoint them (vs. 5-7). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• Misunderstood, cast out and neglected by man, he turns to the Lord to find in Him a refuge from every trial, and the source of every blessing—his “portion in the land of the living.” (“Psalms 142” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refugeb, my portion in the land of the living.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "shelter"; as Isa. 25.4, Jer. 17.17.