☰ PSALMS 142
142
Prayer for Help in Trouble.
†Maskil of David, when he was •in the cave. A Prayer.
1 I Acry aloud with my voice to the Lord;
I Bmake supplication with my voice to the Lord.
2 I Apour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my Btrouble before Him.
3 When Amy spirit 1was overwhelmed within me,
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have Bhidden a trap for me.
4  Look to the right and see;
For there is Ano one who regards me;
1There is no Bescape for me;
CNo one cares for my soul.
5 I cried out to You, O Lord;
I said, “You are Amy refuge,
My Bportion in the Cland of the living.
6 “AGive heed to my cry,
For I am Bbrought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are too Cstrong for me.
7 “ABring my soul out of prison,
So that I may give thanks to Your name;
The righteous will surround me,
For You will Bdeal bountifully with me.”
† 142: Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm • 142: 1 Sam 22:1; 24:3 A 142:1 Ps 77:1 B 142:1 Ps 30:8 A 142:2 Ps 102: title B 142:2 Ps 77:2 A 142:3 Ps 77:3; 143:4 1 142:3 Lit fainted B 142:3 Ps 140:5 A 142:4 Ps 31:11; 88:8, 18 1 142:4 Lit Escape has perished from me B 142:4 Job 11:20; Jer 25:35 C 142:4 Jer 30:17 A 142:5 Ps 91:2, 9 B 142:5 Ps 16:5; 73:26 C 142:5 Ps 27:13 A 142:6 Ps 17:1 B 142:6 Ps 79:8; 116:6 C 142:6 Ps 18:17 A 142:7 Ps 143:11; 146:7 B 142:7 Ps 13:6
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