Psalm 142Psalms142

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. I Lift My Voice to the LORD

   (1 Samuel 22:1–5; Psalm 57:1–11)

2. 1BSBA Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.KJVKJV: Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
3. 2BSBI pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.KJVKJV: I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
4. 3BSBAlthough my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.KJVKJV: 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.
5. 4BSBLook to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.KJVKJV: 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.
6. 5BSBI cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”KJVKJV: I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
7. 6BSBListen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.KJVKJV: Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
8. 7BSBFree my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.KJVKJV: 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.