Psalms 142

1 AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. A PRAYER WHEN HE IS IN THE CAVE. My voice [is] to YHWH, I cry, My voice [is] to YHWH, I beg [for] grace.

我高聲向上主呼求， 我高聲向天主求助。

2 I pour forth my meditation before Him, I declare my distress before Him.

我向他傾吐我的愁苦，我向他陳訴我的憂慮。

3 When my spirit has been feeble in me, Then You have known my path; In the way [in] which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

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。

4 Looking on the right hand—and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Refuge has perished from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

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。

5 I have cried to you, O YHWH, I have said, “You [are] my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.”

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。

6 Attend to my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

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。

7 Bring forth my soul from prison to confess Your Name, The righteous surround me about, When You confer benefits on me!

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。