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.

I cry with my voice to Jehovah. With my voice to Jehovah I make supplication.

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

I pour out my complaint before him. I show my trouble before him.

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.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.

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.

Look on my right hand, and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul.

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

I cried to thee, O Jehovah. I said, Thou are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

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

Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

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

Bring my soul out of prison that I may give thanks to thy name. The righteous shall encompass me around, for thou will deal bountifully with me.