Psalm 142:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 I cried unto thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I cried to You, O Lord; I said, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. American Standard Version (1901) I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. Common English Bible I cry to you, LORD, for help. “You are my refuge,” I say. “You are all I have in the land of the living.” Catholic Public Domain Version I have called to mind the days of antiquity. I have been meditating on all your works. I have meditated on the workings of your hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands. |
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling? That I may walk before God In the light of the living.
My flesh and my heart faileth: But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.