Psalm 142
Authorized (King James) Version
Psalm 142
Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.
1 I cried unto the Lord with my voice;
with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.
2 I poured out my complaint before him;
I shewed before him my trouble.
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
4 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 I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said,
Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low:
deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name:
the righteous shall compass me about;
for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.