Psalmorum 142

1 Intellectus David, cum esset in spelunca, oratio. [Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi, voce mea ad Dominum deprecatus sum.

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 Effundo in conspectu ejus orationem meam, et tribulationem meam ante ipsum pronuntio:

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

3 in deficiendo ex me spiritum meum, et tu cognovisti semitas meas. In via hac qua ambulabam absconderunt laqueum mihi.

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 Considerabam ad dexteram, et videbam, et non erat qui cognosceret me: periit fuga a me, et non est qui requirat animam meam.

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 Clamavi ad te, Domine; dixi: Tu es spes mea, portio mea in terra viventium.

I called out to you, Yahweh; I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

6 Intende ad deprecationem meam, quia humiliatus sum nimis. Libera me a persequentibus me, quia confortati sunt super me.

Listen to my call, for I have been brought very low; rescue me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

7 Educ de custodia animam meam ad confitendum nomini tuo; me exspectant justi donec retribuas mihi.]

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.”