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I look to my right,
    but there is no friend who knows me.
There is no refuge available to me;
    no one cares whether I live or perish.[a]

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  1. Psalm 142:5 No one cares whether I live or perish: the psalmist is like an outcast for whom no one cares and whom no one comes forward to protect. He is alone and extremely vulnerable.