Psalm 142

Psalm CXLII.

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

^aI cried unto the Lord with my voice;

With my voice unto the Lord did I ^bmake my supplication.

²I ^cpoured out my ^dcomplaint before him;

I shewed before him my trouble.

³When ^emy spirit was overwhelmed within me,

Then thou knewest my path.

In the way wherein I walked

Have they ^fprivily laid a snare for me.

^4gI looked on my ^hright hand, and beheld,

But there was no man that would ⁱknow me:

Refuge failed me;

No man cared for my soul.

⁵I cried unto thee, O Lord:

^kI said, Thou art my ^lrefuge

And ^mmy portion ⁿin the land of the living.

^6oAttend unto my cry;

^pFor I am brought very low:

Deliver me from my persecutors;

^qFor they are stronger than I.

^7rBring my soul out of prison,

That I may praise thy name:

The righteous shall compass me about;

For thou shalt ^sdeal bountifully with me.