142:4 Look to the right and see!
No one cares about me. 1
I have nowhere to run; 2
no one is concerned about my life. 3
142:5 I cry out to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my shelter,
my security 4 in the land of the living.”
1 tn Heb “there is no one who recognizes me.”
2 tn Heb “ a place of refuge perishes from me.”
3 tn Heb “there is no one who seeks for the sake of my life.”
4 tn Heb “my portion.” The psalmist compares the