Psalmorum 142

1 Intellectus David, Cum esset in spelunca, oratio. Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi: voce mea ad Dominum deprecatus sum:

Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD I made my supplication.

2 Effundo in conspectu eius orationem meam, et tribulationem meam ante ipsum pronuncio.

I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble.

3 In deficiendo ex me spiritum meum, et tu cognovisti semitas meas. In via hac, qua ambulabam, absconderunt laqueum mihi.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way in which I walked have they secretly laid a snare for me.

4 Considerabam ad dexteram, et videbam: et non erat qui cognosceret me. Periit fuga a me, et non est qui requirat animam meam.

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

5 Clamavi ad te Domine, dixi: Tu es spes mea, portio mea in terra viventium.

I cried to thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

6 Intende ad deprecationem meam: quia humiliatus sum nimis. Libera me a persequentibus me: quia confortati sunt super me.

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

7 Educ de custodia animam meam ad confitendum nomini tuo: me expectant iusti, donec retribuas mihi.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall surround me; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.