詩篇 142

1 我高聲向上主呼求， 我高聲向天主求助。

A maskil of David, while he was in the cave, a prayer. Loudly I cry to the Lord: to the Lord plead loudly for mercy,

2 我向他傾吐我的愁苦，我向他陳訴我的憂慮。

I pour my complaint before him, I tell my troubles to him.

3 當我精神愁苦的時候，惟有您知悉我的路途。在我行走的道路途中；他們給我設下陷阱。

When my spirit is faint within me, my path is known to you. In the way I am wont to walk in, they have hidden a trap for me.

4 我向右觀察細看，沒有一個熟悉我的人！沒有一人我可投奔，沒有一人為我操心。

I look to the right and the left; but not a friend have I. No place of refuge is left me, not a man to care for me.

5 上主，我今呼號說：你是我的避難所，在這活人的地方，你就是我的福爵。

So I cry to you, O Lord: I say, “My refuge are you, all I have in the land of the living.”

6 求您傾聽我的哀號，因我十分可憐無靠，求您救我脫離迫害我的人，因他們是比我強悍的人。

Attend to my piercing cry, for very weak am I. Save me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.

7 求您引領我出離監牢，好讓我讚美您的名號。義人前呼後擁歡迎我，因為您大量恩待了我。

Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name, for the righteous are patiently waiting till you show your bounty to me.