Psalmorum 142

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

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.

2 Effundo in conspectu eius orationem meam, et tribulationem meam ante ipsum pronuncio.

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

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

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.

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

Looking on the right hand—and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Refuge has perished from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

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

I have cried to you, O YHWH, I have 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.

Attend to my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

7 Educ de custodia animam meam ad confitendum nomini tuo: me expectant iusti, donec retribuas mihi.

Bring forth my soul from prison to confess Your Name, The righteous surround me about, When You confer benefits on me!