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.

A maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. With my voice I cry out for help to Yahweh; with my voice I plead for Yahweh's favor.

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

I pour out my lament before him; I tell him my troubles.

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 is weak within me, you know my path. In the way that I walk they have hidden a trap 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.

I look to my right and and see that there is no one who cares about me. There is no escape for me; no one cares about my life.

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

I called out to you, Yahweh; I said, “You 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.

Listen to my call, for I have been brought very low; rescue 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 so that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will gather around me because you have been good to me.”