Psalm 142:4

New International Reader's Version

Look and see that no one is on my right side to help me. No one is concerned about me. I have no place of safety. No one cares whether I live or die.

Cross References

Job 11:20

But sinful people won’t find what they are looking for. They won’t be able to escape. All they can hope for is to die.”

Psalm 1:6

The Lord watches over the lives of godly people. But the lives of sinful people will lead to their death.

Psalm 140:6

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.” Lord, hear my cry for mercy.

Psalm 141:9

Keep me from the traps of those who do evil. Save me from the traps they have set for me.

Psalm 143:4

So I grow weak. Deep down inside me, I’m afraid.

Psalm 31:11

My neighbors make fun of me because I have so many enemies. My closest friends are afraid of me. People who see me on the street run away from me.

Psalm 69:20

They have broken my heart by saying evil things about me. It has left me helpless. I looked for pity, but I didn’t find any. I looked for someone to comfort me, but I didn’t find anyone.

Psalm 88:18

You have taken my friends and neighbors away from me. Darkness is my closest friend.

Psalm 88:8

You have taken my closest friends away from me. You have made me sickening to them. I feel trapped and can’t escape.

Jeremiah 18:22

Bring their enemies against them without warning. Let cries be heard from their houses. They have dug a pit to capture me. They have hidden traps for my feet.

Jeremiah 25:35

The shepherds won’t have any place to run to. The leaders of the flock won’t be able to escape.

Jeremiah 30:17

But I will make you healthy again. I will heal your wounds,” announces the Lord. “That’s because you have been thrown out. You are called Zion, the one no one cares about.”

Jonah 2:8

“Some people worship the worthless statues of their gods. They turn away from God’s love for them.

Matthew 26:56

But all this has happened so that the words of the prophets would come true.” Then all the disciples left him and ran away.

2 Timothy 4:16

The first time I was put on trial, no one came to help me. Everyone deserted me. I hope they will be forgiven for it.

1 Samuel 27:1

David thought, “Some day Saul will destroy me. So the best thing I can do is escape. I’ll go to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop looking for me everywhere in Israel. His hand won’t be able to reach me.”