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Selected Verse: Psalms 142:4 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 142:4 |
King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Utter desolation is meant.
right hand--the place of a protector (Psa 110:5).
cared for--literally, "sought after," to do good. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I looked on my right hand, and beheld - Margin, "Look on the right hand and see The words translated "looked" and "beheld" are in the imperative mood in the Hebrew. They are not, however, improperly rendered as to the sense. They refer to David's state of mind at the time, and give vividness to the description. The psalmist seems to be in the presence of others. He calls upon them to look around; to see how he was encompassed with danger. Look, says he, in every direction; see who there is on whom I may rely; what there is to which I may trust as a refuge. I can find none; I see none; there is none. The "right hand" is referred to here as the direction where he might look for a protector: Psa 109:6, Psa 109:31.
But there was no man that would know me - No man to be seen who would recognize me as his friend; who would stand up for me; on whom I could rely.
Refuge failed me - Margin, as in Hebrew, "perished from me." If there had been any hope of refuge, it has failed altogether. There is none now.
No man cared for my soul - Margin, "No man sought after my soul." Hebrew, after my "life." That is, No one sought to save my life; no one regarded it as of sufficient importance to attempt to preserve me. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Right - hand - The place where the patron or assistant used to stand. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
There was no man, that would know me - This has been applied to the time in which our Lord was deserted by his disciples. As to the case of David in the cave of En-gedi, he had no refuge: for what were the handful of men that were with him to Saul and his army? |
5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.