Psalms 142

1 Yahweh, I cry out to you; I plead [with you to help me].

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.

2 I am bringing to you [all] my problems; I am telling you [all] my troubles/difficulties.

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

3 When I am very discouraged, you know what I should do. Wherever I walk, [it is as though] my enemies have hidden traps for me [to fall into].

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.

4 I look around, but there is no one who pays attention to me, no one who will protect me, no one who cares about [what happens to] me.

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

5 [So] Yahweh, I cry out to you [to help me]; you are the one who protects me; and you are all that I need while I am alive.

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

6 Listen to me while I cry out to you [for help], because I am very distressed. Rescue/Save me from those who are pursuing me, because they are very strong, with the result that I cannot [escape from them].

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

7 Free/Rescue me from my troubles/difficulties [MET] in order that I may thank you. If you do that, when I am with godly/righteous [people], [I will praise you] for having been very good to me.

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