Psalms Chapter 142 Darby English Bible

Psalms 142:1

{An instruction of David; when he was in the cave: a prayer.} I cry unto Jehovah with my voice: with my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.

Psalms 142:2

I pour out my plaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.

Psalms 142:3

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then *thou* knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.

Psalms 142:4

Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.

Psalms 142:5

I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Psalms 142:6

Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

Psalms 142:7

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me.