"I 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."
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Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.
Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
I 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.
\142:3\When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way in which I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Look on my right, and see; For there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.