< Psalms 142 >
1 Yahweh, I cry out to you; I plead [with you to help me].
[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.
2 I am bringing to you [all] my problems; I am telling you [all] my troubles/difficulties.
I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
3 When I am very discouraged, you know what I should do. Wherever I walk, [it is as though] my enemies have hidden traps for me [to fall into].
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.
4 I look around, but there is no one who pays attention to me, no one who will protect me, no one who cares about [what happens to] me.
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.
5 [So] Yahweh, I cry out to you [to help me]; you are the one who protects me; and you are all that I need while I am alive.
I cried to you, Jehovah. I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
6 Listen to me while I cry out to you [for help], because I am very distressed. Rescue/Save me from those who are pursuing me, because they are very strong, with the result that I cannot [escape from them].
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than me.
7 Free/Rescue me from my troubles/difficulties [MET] in order that I may thank you. If you do that, when I am with godly/righteous [people], [I will praise you] for having been very good to me.
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.