Psalm 142

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

1  aI cried unto the Lord with my voice;

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

2  I cpoured out my dcomplaint before him;

I shewed before him my trouble.

3  When 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.

4  g||I 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.

5  I cried unto thee, O Lord:

kI said, Thou art my lrefuge

And mmy portion nin the land of the living.

6  oAttend unto my cry;

pFor I am brought very low:

Deliver me from my persecutors;

qFor they are stronger than I.

7  rBring my soul out of prison,

That I may praise thy name:

The righteous shall compass me about;

For thou shalt sdeal bountifully with me.