Psalms 142

1 Maskili ti Dafidi. Nígbà tí ó wà nínú ihò òkúta. Àdúrà. Èmi kígbe sókè sí Olúwa; èmi gbé ohùn mi sókè sí Olúwa fún àánú.

A maskil of David, while he was in the cave, a prayer. Loudly I cry to the Lord: to the Lord plead loudly for mercy,

2 Èmi tú àròyé mí sílẹ̀ níwájú rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ní èmi fi iṣẹ́ mi hàn níwájú rẹ̀.

I pour my complaint before him, I tell my troubles to him.

3 Nígbà tí ẹ̀mí mi ṣàárẹ̀ nínú mi, ìwọ ni ẹni tí ó mọ ọ̀nà mi. Ní ipa ọ̀nà tí èmi ń rìn ènìyàn ti dẹ okùn fún mi ní ìkọ̀kọ̀.

When my spirit is faint within me, my path is known to you. In the way I am wont to walk in, they have hidden a trap for me.

4 Wo ọwọ́ ọ̀tún mi kí ó sì rì i kò sí ẹni tí ó ṣe àníyàn mi èmi kò ní ààbò; kò sí ẹni tí ó náání ọkàn mi.

I look to the right and the left; but not a friend have I. No place of refuge is left me, not a man to care for me.

5 Èmi kígbe sí ọ, Olúwa: èmi wí pé, “Ìwọ ni ààbò mi, ìpín mi ní ilẹ̀ alààyè.”

So I cry to you, O Lord: I say, “My refuge are you, all I have in the land of the living.”

6 Fi etí sí igbe mi, nítorí tí èmi wà nínú àìnírètí gbà mí lọ́wọ́ àwọn tí ń lépa mi, nítorí wọ́n lágbára jù mí lọ.

Attend to my piercing cry, for very weak am I. Save me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.

7 Mú ọkàn mi jáde kúrò nínú túbú, kí èmi lè máa yin orúkọ rẹ. Nígbà náà ni àwọn olódodo yóò yí mi káàkiri nítorí ìwọ yóò fi ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ wọn ba mi ṣe.

Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name, for the righteous are patiently waiting till you show your bounty to me.