1 Psalm 142 Give Heed to My Cry A 142:0Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm Maskil of David. When he was 142:01 Sam 22:1; 24:3 in the cave. A Prayer.With my voice to Yahweh, I cry aloud;With my voice to Yahweh, I make supplication.
2 I pour out my complaint before Him;I declare my distress before Him.
3 When my spirit 142:3Lit fainted was faint within me,You knew my path.In the way where I walkThey have hidden a trap for me.
4 Look to the right and see;That there is no one who regards me;Away ofescape has been destroyed from me;No one cares for my soul.
5 ¶I cried out to You, O Yahweh;I said, “You are my refuge,My portion in the land of the living.
6 “Give heed to my cry of lamentation,For I am brought very low;Deliver me from my persecutors,For they are too strong for me.
7 “Bring my soul out of prison,To give thanks to Your name;The righteous will encircle me,For You will deal bountifully with me.”