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I have cried outזָעַקְתִּיto you,אֵלֶיךָYHWH;יְהוָהI have said,אָמַרְתִּי“You areאַתָּהmy refuge,מַחְסִיmy portionחֶלְקִיin the landבְּאֶרֶץof the living.”הַחַיִּים
Psalms 142:5
Study it in the app“I have cried out to you, YHWH; I have said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 142:5, word by word
- I have cried outזָעַקְתִּיzaakti
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zaakti” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- I have saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- my refugeמַחְסִmachsi
refuge, shelter
A refuge, a place to take cover.
Where else “machsi” appears- my portionחֶלְקִchelki
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelki” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the livingחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears
The context
4Look to the right and see: there is no one who recognizes me; escape has perished from me; there is no one who inquires after my soul.
5 · This verse (above)
6Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.