Psalms 142

1 A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.

2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.

3 Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

4 Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

5 I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

6 Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

7 Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.

1 ¶ Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

4 ¶ 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.

5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.

6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

1 an instruction to David to pray, as he was in the cave.

2 I cry unto the LORD with my voice; I beseech the LORD with my voice;

3 I will pour out my speech before him, and show my affliction before him.

4 When my spirit is in anguish, thou takest care of me. They lay ropes for me in the way where I go up.

5 Look on thy right hand, and, behold, no man knoweth me. I cannot escape; no man taketh hold of my soul.

6 O LORD, unto thee do I cry, saying, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

7 Take heed to my lamentation, for I am greatly afflicted: deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too mighty for me.

8 Bring forth my soul out of the dungeon, that I may give thanks unto thy name. The righteous will gather to me, if you do me good.