Psalms 142:3-4

Context

142:3 Even when my strength leaves me,¹

you watch my footsteps.²

In the path where I walk

they have hidden a trap for me.

142:4 Look to the right and see!

No one cares about me.³

I have nowhere to run;⁴

no one is concerned about my life.⁵

[142:3] ¹tn Heb “my spirit grows faint.”

[142:3] ²tn Heb “you know my path.”

[142:4] ³tn Heb “there is no one who recognizes me.”

[142:4] ⁴tn Heb “ a place of refuge perishes from me.”

[142:4] ⁵tn Heb “there is no one who seeks for the sake of my life.”