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.

Maskil to/for David in/on/with to be he in/on/with cave prayer voice my to(wards) LORD to cry out voice my to(wards) LORD be gracious

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

to pour: pour to/for face: before his complaint my distress my to/for face: before his to tell

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.

in/on/with to enfeeble upon me spirit my and you(m. s.) to know path my in/on/with way this to go: walk to hide snare to/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.

to look right and to see: see and nothing to/for me to recognize to perish refuge from me nothing to seek to/for soul my

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

to cry out to(wards) you LORD to say you(m. s.) refuge my portion my in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive

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

to listen [emph?] to(wards) cry my for to languish much to rescue me from to pursue me for to strengthen from me

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

to come out: send [emph?] from locksmith soul: myself my to/for to give thanks [obj] name your in/on/with me to surround righteous for to wean upon me