Psalm 142:5 - Easy To Read Version So I cry to the Lord for help.\par Lord, you are my place of safety.\par Lord, you can let me continue to live.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
No, my share and my cup\par come only from the Lord.\par Lord, you support me.\par You give me my share.\par
I truly believe that I will see\par the Lord’s goodness before I die. {\cf2\super [166]} \par
I have done only good things.\par But those people will do bad things to me.\par \{Lord,\} give me the good things I deserve.\par
God is our storehouse of strength.\par In him, we can always find help\par in times of trouble.\par
The Lord All-Powerful is with us.\par The God of Jacob is our place of safety.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [284]})\i0 \par
The Lord All-Powerful is with us.\par The God of Jacob is our place of safety.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [282]})\i0 \par
Why? Because you saved me from death.\par You kept me from being defeated.\par So I will worship God in the light\par that only living people can see.\par
Maybe my mind {\cf2\super [419]} and body\par will be destroyed,\par but I have the Rock {\cf2\super [420]} I love.\par I have God forever!\par
I say to the Lord,\par “You are my place of safety, my fortress.\par My God, I trust you.”\par
Again I saw that many people are treated badly. I saw their tears. And I saw that there was no one to comfort those sad people. I saw cruel people had all the power. And I saw that there was no one to comfort the people they hurt.
I say to myself,\par “The Lord is my God,\par and I trust him.” {\cf2\super [23]} \par
Listen to me. A time is coming when you will be scattered. Each of you will be scattered to his own home. That time is now here. You will leave me. I will be alone. But I am never really alone, because the Father is with me.
But the Lord stayed with me. The Lord gave me strength so that I could tell the Good News {\cf2\super [23]} everywhere. The Lord wanted all the non-Jews to hear that Good News. So I was saved from the lion’s (enemy’s) mouth.