< Psalms 142 >

1 Yahweh, I cry out to you; I plead [with you to help me].
“A psalm of David; a prayer, when he was in the cave” I cry unto the LORD with my voice; With my voice to the LORD do I make my supplication.
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 declare before him my distress.
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 is overwhelmed within me, Thou knowest my path! In the way which I walk, they have hid 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.
I look on my right hand, and behold, But no man knoweth me; Refuge faileth me; No one careth for me.
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 cry unto thee, O LORD! I say, Thou art 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].
Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they prevail against 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 me out of prison, That I may praise thy name! The righteous shall gather around me, When thou shalt show me thy favor.

< Psalms 142 >