Psalm 142142PsalmsBook 5Unlocked English Bible

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1. I Lift My Voice to the LORD

   (1 Samuel 22:1–5; Psalm 57:1–11)

2. 1UEBWith my voice I cry out for help to Yahweh; with my voice I plead for Yahweh's favor.BSBBSB: A 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.
3. 2UEBI pour out my lament before him; I tell him my troubles.BSBBSB: I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
4. 3UEBWhen my spirit is weak within me, you know my path. In the way that I walk they have hidden a trap for me.BSBBSB: Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
5. 4UEBI look to my right and and see that there is no one who cares about me. There is no escape for me; no one cares about my life.BSBBSB: Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
6. 5UEBI called out to you, Yahweh; I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.BSBBSB: I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
7. 6UEBListen to my call, for I have been brought very low; rescue me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.BSBBSB: Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
8. 7UEBBring my soul out of prison so that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will gather around me because you have been good to me."BSBBSB: Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.

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