Psalms 142 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. A PRAYER WHEN HE IS IN THE CAVE. My voice [is] to YHWH, I cry, || My voice [is] to YHWH, I beg [for] grace. With my voice I cry out to the LORD; with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD. A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2 I pour forth my meditation before Him, || I declare my distress before Him. I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him. I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.
3 When my spirit has been feeble in me, || Then You have known my path; In the way [in] which I walk, || They have hid a snare for me. When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.
4 Looking on the right hand—and seeing, || And I have none recognizing; Refuge has perished from me, || There is none inquiring for my soul. Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul. Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.
5 I have cried to you, O YHWH, || I have said, “You [are] my refuge, || My portion in the land of the living.” I cry to you, O LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” I cry to you, LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
6 Attend to my loud cry, || For I have become very low, || Deliver me from my pursuers, || For they have been stronger than I. Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me! Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.
7 Bring forth my soul from prison to confess Your Name, || The righteous surround me about, || When You confer benefits on me! Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me. Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.
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