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I Lift My Voice to the LORD

Psalms 142:5

In 11 translations

BSB
I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
KJV
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
WEB
I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
ASV
I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
LSV
I have cried to you, O YHWH, || I have said, “You [are] my refuge, || My portion in the land of the living.”
YLT
I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'
DBY
I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
DRC141:6
I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
GNV
Then cryed I vnto thee, O Lord, and sayde, thou art mine hope, and my portion in the land of the liuing.
JPS142:6
I have cried unto Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.'
LXXE141:6
I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC142:6
זָעַ֥קְתִּי אֵלֶ֗יךָ יְה֫וָ֥ה אָ֭מַרְתִּי אַתָּ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י חֶ֝לְקִ֗י בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחַיִּים׃KJV:Ps.142.5
LXX-Br141:6
Πρὸς σὲ, Κύριε, ἐκέραξα, καὶ εἶπα, σὺ εἶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου, μερίς μου ἐν γῇ ζώντων.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
  • Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
  • Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Psalms 91:9–10Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High— no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
  • Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
  • Psalms 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
  • Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
  • Psalms 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
  • Psalms 119:57The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
  • Psalms 62:6–7He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
  • Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
  • Psalms 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  • Psalms 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 142:6 in some Bibles
  • 142:5 in most Bibles

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