I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
I cried unto thee, O Lord. The second strophe resumes the same 'cry' as the beginning of the first.
I said, Thou art my refuge (and) my portion in the land of the living - I have none on earth to depend upon save thee. Compare "the land of the living," Psalms 52:5; Psalms 27:13, "My refuge," a different Hebrew word х machªciy (H4268), from a root to hope] from that in Psalms 142:4 ( maanowc (H4498)), 'my hope;' 'my confidence.' On "my portion," cf. Psalms 16:5; Psalms 73:26; Lamentations 3:24.