Psalm 142:4

Easy To Read Version

I look around,\par and I don’t see any of my friends.\par I have no place to run.\par No person is trying to save me.\par

Cross References

Job 11:20

Bad people might look for help,\par but they won’t escape their troubles.\par Their hope leads only to death.”\par

Psalm 1:6

Why? Because the Lord\par protects good people,\par but destroys bad people.\par

Psalm 140:6

Lord, you are my God.\par Lord, listen to my prayer.\par

Psalm 141:9

Bad people set traps for me.\par Don’t let me fall into their traps.\par Don’t let them trap me.\par

Psalm 143:4

I am ready to give up.\par I am losing my courage.\par

Psalm 31:11

My enemies hate me.\par And all my neighbors hate me, too.\par All my relatives see me in the street.\par They are afraid of me and avoid me.\par

Psalm 69:20

The shame has crushed me!\par I am about to die from shame.\par I waited for sympathy,\par but none could be found.\par I waited for some person to comfort me,\par but no person came.\par

Psalm 88:18

And Lord, you forced all my friends\par and loved ones to leave me.\par Only darkness stayed to be with me.\par

Psalm 88:8

My friends have left me.\par They all avoid me like a person\par no one wants to touch.\par I am locked in the house\par and I can’t go out.\par

Jeremiah 18:22

Let there be crying in their houses.\par Make them cry when you suddenly\par bring an enemy against them.\par Let all this happen because my enemies\par tried to trap me.\par They hid traps for me to step in.\par

Jeremiah 25:35

There will be no place for the shepherds\par to hide.\par Those leaders will not escape.\par

Jeremiah 30:17

And I will bring your health back.\par And I will heal your wounds.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par “Why? Because other people\par said you were outcasts. {\cf2\super [241]} \par Those people said,\par ‘No one cares about Zion. {\cf2\super [242]} ’”\par

Jonah 2:8

“Some people worship useless idols.\par But those statues never help them. {\cf2\super [12]} \par

Matthew 26:56

But all these things have happened so that it will be like the prophets {\cf2\super [412]} wrote.” Then all of Jesus’ followers left him and ran away.

2 Timothy 4:16

All Scripture is given by God. And all Scripture is useful for teaching and for showing people the things that are wrong in their lives. It is useful for correcting faults and teaching how to live right.

1 Samuel 27:1

But David thought to himself, “Saul will catch me some day. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. That way I will escape from Saul.”