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Psalm 142

Sal. 142:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I γlooked
nabat (Hebrew #5027)
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
KJV usage: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Pronounce: naw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
d on my right hand
yamiyn (Hebrew #3225)
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
KJV usage: + left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Pronounce: yaw-meen'
Origin: from 3231
, and beheld
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
, but there was no man that would know
nakar (Hebrew #5234)
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)
KJV usage: acknowledge, X could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).
Pronounce: naw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
me: refuge
manowc (Hebrew #4498)
a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
KJV usage: X apace, escape, way to flee, flight, refuge.
Pronounce: maw-noce'
Origin: from 5127
ζfailed
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
me; no man ηcared
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
for my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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I looked, etc.
or, Look on the right hand and see.
butthere was.
Sal. 31:11• 11De todos mis enemigos he sido oprobio, Y de mis vecinos en gran manera, y horror á mis conocidos: Los que me veían fuera, huían de mí. (Sal. 31:11)
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Sal. 69:20• 20La afrenta ha quebrantado mi corazón, y estoy acongojado: Y esperé quien se compadeciese de mí, y no lo hubo: Y consoladores, y ninguno hallé. (Sal. 69:20)
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Sal. 88:8,18• 8Has alejado de mí mis conocidos: Hasme puesto por abominación á ellos: Encerrado estoy, y no puedo salir.
18Has alejado de mí el enemigo y el compañero; Y mis conocidos se esconden en la tiniebla.
(Sal. 88:8,18)
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Job 19:13‑19• 13Hizo alejar de mí mis hermanos, Y positivamente se extrañaron de mí mis conocidos.
14Mis parientes se detuvieron, Y mis conocidos se olvidaron de mí.
15Los moradores de mi casa y mis criadas me tuvieron por extraño; Forastero fuí yo en sus ojos.
16Llamé á mi siervo, y no respondió; De mi propia boca le suplicaba.
17Mi aliento vino á ser extraño á mi mujer, Aunque por los hijos de mis entrañas le rogaba.
18Aun los muchachos me menospreciaron: En levantándome, hablaban contra mí.
19Todos mis confidentes me aborrecieron; Y los que yo amaba, se tornaron contra mí.
(Job 19:13‑19)
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Mt. 26:56• 56Mas todo esto se hace, para que se cumplan las Escrituras de los profetas. Entonces todos los discípulos huyeron, dejándole. (Mt. 26:56)
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2 Ti. 4:16• 16En mi primera defensa ninguno me ayudó, antes me desampararon todos: no les sea imputado. (2 Ti. 4:16)
refuge.
failed me.
no man cared for my soul.
Heb. perished from me;no man sought after my soul.
 There is no man that “knoweth” him, but the Lord knows. Every earthly refuge fails him, and no one cares for his soul. (Psalms 142 by H. Smith)
 Israel will have no nation or power to turn to for help (vs. 4) for all nations excepting those under Gog will have been subdued by this time. (Book 5. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refugea hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.

JND Translation Notes

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"A place of escape," as Ps. 59.16; Amos 2.14.