Psalm 142

A Prayer for Help in Trouble

¹I cried unto the Lord with my voice;

with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

²I poured out my complaint before him;

I showed before him my trouble.

³When 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.

⁴I 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.

⁵I cried unto thee, O Lord :

I said, Thou art my refuge

and my portion in the land of the living.

⁶Attend unto my cry;

for I am brought very low:

deliver me from my persecutors;

for they are stronger than I.

⁷Bring my soul out of prison,

that I may praise thy name:

the righteous shall compass me about;

for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.