142:1 {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.

142:2 I pour out my plaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.

142:3 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.

142:4 Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.

142:5 I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

142:6 Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.