
Text -- Psalms 142:5 (NET)




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Wesley -> Psa 142:5
Even in this life.
JFB -> Psa 142:5
Clarke -> Psa 142:5
Clarke: Psa 142:5 - -- Thou art my refuge - Even in these most disastrous circumstances, I will put my trust in thee.
Thou art my refuge - Even in these most disastrous circumstances, I will put my trust in thee.
Calvin -> Psa 142:5
Calvin: Psa 142:5 - -- 5.I cried unto thee, O Jehovah ! With a view to hasten God’s interposition, David complains of the low estate he was reduced to, and of his extremi...
5.I cried unto thee, O Jehovah ! With a view to hasten God’s interposition, David complains of the low estate he was reduced to, and of his extremity; the term cry denoting vehemence, as I have elsewhere noticed. He speaks of deliverance as being plainly needed, since he was now held a prisoner. By prison some suppose he alludes to the cave where he was lodged, but this is too restricted a meaning. The subsequent clause, the righteous shall compass me, is translated differently by some, they shall wait me. I have retained the true and natural sense. I grant that it is taken figuratively for surrounding, intimating that he would be a spectacle to all, the eyes of men being attracted by such a singular case of deliverance. If any consider the words not to be figurative, the sense will be, That the righteous would not only congratulate him, but place a crown upon his head in token of victory. Some explain the passage, They will assemble to congratulate me, and will stand round me on every side like a crown. As the words literally read, they will crown upon me, some supply another pronoun, and give this sense, that the righteous would construe the mercy bestowed upon David as a glory conferred upon themselves; for when God delivers any of his children he holds out the prospect of deliverance to the rest, and, as it were, gifts them with a crown. The sense which I have adopted is the simplest, however, That the mercy vouchsafed would be shown conspicuously to all as in a theater, proving a signal example to the righteous for establishment of their faith. The verb
TSK -> Psa 142:5
TSK: Psa 142:5 - -- Thou art : Psa 46:1, Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11, Psa 62:6, Psa 62:7, Psa 91:2, Psa 91:9, Psa 91:10; Joh 16:32; 2Ti 4:17
my portion : Psa 16:5, Psa 73:26, Psa...

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Barnes -> Psa 142:5
Barnes: Psa 142:5 - -- I cried unto thee, O Lord - When there was no help; when I saw myself encompassed with dangers; when I looked on every hand and there was no "m...
I cried unto thee, O Lord - When there was no help; when I saw myself encompassed with dangers; when I looked on every hand and there was no "man"that would undertake for me.
I said, Thou art my refuge -
(a) My "only"refuge. I can go nowhere else.
(b) Thou art "in fact"my refuge. I can and do put my trust in thee. See the notes at Psa 46:1.
And my portion - See the notes at Psa 16:5.
In the land of the living - Among all those that live - all living beings. There is no one else among the living to whom I can come but to thee, the living God. My hope is not in human beings, for they are against me; not in angels, for they have not the power to rescue me. It is God only, the living God, whom I make my confidence and the ground of my hope.
Poole -> Psa 142:5
Poole: Psa 142:5 - -- Thou only art both my refuge to defend me from all evil, and
my portion to supply me with all the good which I need and desire.
In the land of th...
Thou only art both my refuge to defend me from all evil, and
my portion to supply me with all the good which I need and desire.
In the land of the living even in this life, wherein I doubt not to see God’ s goodness, as he said, Psa 27:13 .
Haydock -> Psa 142:5
Haydock: Psa 142:5 - -- Of old. What God had done formerly for me and others. (Worthington) ---
The sacred records of 3,000 years tended to raise the hopes of David. (B...
Of old. What God had done formerly for me and others. (Worthington) ---
The sacred records of 3,000 years tended to raise the hopes of David. (Berthier)
Gill -> Psa 142:5
Gill: Psa 142:5 - -- I cried unto thee, O Lord,.... Finding no help from man, he turns to the Lord, and directs his prayer to him in his distress;
I said, thou art my ...
I cried unto thee, O Lord,.... Finding no help from man, he turns to the Lord, and directs his prayer to him in his distress;
I said, thou art my refuge; as he was, from all his enemies that were in pursuit of him, and from the storm of calamities he apprehended was coming upon him: and a refuge the Lord is to all his people in time of trouble; and where they always meet with sustenance, protection, and safety; he being a strong habitation, a strong hold, a strong refuge, to which they may resort at all times; and such is Christ to all sensible sinners that flee unto him, Heb 6:18;
and my portion in the land of the living; and a most excellent one he is, a large, immense, and inconceivable portion; he and all his perfections, purposes, promises, and blessings, being included in it; a soul-satisfying one, and which will never be taken away nor consumed; it is a portion in the present life; it will last as long as life lasts, and continues unto death, and at death, and for evermore, Psa 73:26.

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NET Notes -> Psa 142:5
NET Notes: Psa 142:5 Heb “my portion.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel.
Geneva Bible -> Psa 142:5
Geneva Bible: Psa 142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my ( b ) refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.
( b ) Though all means failed him, yet he k...

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 142:1-7
TSK Synopsis: Psa 142:1-7 - --1 David shews that in his trouble all his comfort was in prayer unto God.
MHCC -> Psa 142:1-7
MHCC: Psa 142:1-7 - --There can be no situation so distressing or dangerous, in which faith will not get comfort from God by prayer. We are apt to show our troubles too muc...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 142:4-7
Matthew Henry: Psa 142:4-7 - -- The psalmist here tells us, for our instruction, 1. How he was disowned and deserted by his friends, Psa 142:4. When he was in favour at court he se...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 142:3-5
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 142:3-5 - --
The prayer of the poet now becomes deep-breathed and excited, inasmuch as he goes more minutely into the details of his straitened situation. Everyw...
Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150
There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 142:1-7 - --Psalm 142
The superscription identifies the time when David wrote this psalm. He did so when he was "in ...
