Psalms 142

1 [A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.] I cry with my voice to Jehovah. With my voice, I ask Jehovah for mercy.

我高聲向上主呼求， 我高聲向天主求助。

2 I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.

我向他傾吐我的愁苦，我向他陳訴我的憂慮。

3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden 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 Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares 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 cried to you, Jehovah. I 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 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than me.

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 my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to 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。