Psalms 142
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
4I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30683× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- זָעַקzâʻaqH21992× in this chapter
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- מִןminH44802× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- קוֹלqôwlH69632× in this chapter
a voice or sound
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8592× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- גָּמַלgâmalH15801× in this chapter
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דָּלַלdâlalH18091× in this chapter
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
- דָּרַשׁdârashH18751× in this chapter
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
- הָיָהhâyâhH19611× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- זוּzûwH20981× in this chapter
this or that
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חֵלֶקchêleqH25061× in this chapter
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
- חָנַןchânanH26031× in this chapter
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- טָמַןṭâmanH29341× in this chapter
to hide (by covering over)
- יָדָהyâdâhH30341× in this chapter
physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30451× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יָמִיןyâmîynH32251× in this chapter
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33181× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- כָּתַרkâtharH38031× in this chapter
to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)
- מְאֹדmᵉʼôdH39661× in this chapter
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
- מַחֲסֶהmachăçehH42681× in this chapter
a shelter (literally or figuratively)
- מָנוֹסmânôwçH44981× in this chapter
a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
- מַסְגֵּרmaçgêrH45251× in this chapter
a fastener, i.e. (of a person) a smith, (of a thing) a prison
- מְעָרָהmᵉʻârâhH46311× in this chapter
a cavern (as dark)
- מַשְׂכִּילmaskîylH49051× in this chapter
instructive, i.e. a didactic poem
- נָבַטnâbaṭH50271× in this chapter
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
- נָגַדnâgadH50461× in this chapter
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
- נָכַרnâkarH52341× in this chapter
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)
- נָצַלnâtsalH53371× in this chapter
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- נָתִיבnâthîybH54101× in this chapter
a (beaten) track
- אָמַץʼâmatsH5531× in this chapter
to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5591× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)