Psalm 142–143

Psalm 142

Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.

¹I cry with my voice unto Jehovah;

With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.

²I pour out my complaint before him;

I show before him my trouble.

³When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,

Thou knewest my path.

In the way wherein I walk

Have they hidden a snare for me.

⁴Look on my right hand, and see;

For there is no man that knoweth me:

Refuge hath failed me;

No man careth for my soul.

⁵I cried unto thee, O Jehovah;

I said, Thou art my refuge,

My portion in the land of the living.

⁶Attend unto my cry;

For I am brought very low:

Deliver me from my persecutors;

For they are stronger than I.

⁷Bring my soul out of prison,

That I may give thanks unto thy name:

The righteous shall compass me about;

For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

Psalm 143

A Psalm of David.

¹Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications:

In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

²And enter not into judgment with thy servant;

For in thy sight no man living is righteous.

³For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;

He hath smitten my life down to the ground:

He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

⁴Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me;

My heart within me is desolate.

⁵I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all thy doings;

I muse on the work of thy hands.

⁶I spread forth my hands unto thee:

My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah

⁷Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth:

Hide not thy face from me,

Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

⁸Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning;

For in thee do I trust:

Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;

For I lift up my soul unto thee.

⁹Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies:

I flee unto thee to hide me.

¹⁰Teach me to do thy will;

For thou art my God:

Thy Spirit is good;

Lead me in the land of uprightness.

¹¹Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name’s sake:

In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

¹²And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies,

And destroy all them that afflict my soul;

For I am thy servant.