2 Samuel 22:42
Good News Translation
They look for help, but no one saves them; they call to the LORD, but he does not answer.

New Revised Standard Version
They looked, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

Contemporary English Version
They cried out for help, but no one saved them; they called out to you, but there was no answer.

New American Bible
They cried for help, but no one saved them, cried to the LORD but got no answer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.

unto the Lord

1 Samuel 28:6 And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.

Job 27:9 Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

Proverbs 1:28 Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

Isaiah 1:15 And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

Ezekiel 20:3 Son of man, speak to the ancients of Israel and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Are you come to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, saith the Lord God.

Micah 3:4 Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.

Matthew 7:22,23 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name? . . .

Luke 13:25,26 But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are. . . .

Context
David's Song of Deliverance
41My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them. 42They shall cry, and there shall be none to save: to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.43I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:6
And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.

Isaiah 1:15
And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 17:7
In that day man shall bow down himself to his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 17:8
And he shall not look to the altars which his hands made; and he shall not have respect to the things that his fingers wrought, such as groves and temples.

2 Samuel 22:41
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