Psalm 142142PsalmsBook 5unfoldingWord® Simplified Text

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1. I Lift My Voice to the LORD

   (1 Samuel 22:1–5; Psalm 57:1–11)

2. 1USTYahweh, I cry out to you; I plead for you to help me.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. 2USTI am complaining to you about{ all of} my problems; I am telling you{ all of} my troubles.BSBBSB: I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
4. 3USTWhen I am very discouraged, you are the one who knows what I must do. As I go about my activities,{ it is as though} my enemies have hidden traps along my path for me{ to fall into}.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. 4USTIf you look to my right you will see that there is no one who watches over me. There is nowhere I can go to be safe, and no one cares what happens to me.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. 5USTSo Yahweh, I called out to you{ to help me}; I said,“You are the one who protects me; you are all that I need while I am alive.”BSBBSB: I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
7. 6USTPlease listen to me while I call out to you{ to help me} because I am very distressed. Save me from those who are making me suffer, because they are stronger than I am.BSBBSB: Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
8. 7USTPlease free me from those who are distressing me so that I may thank you. When you do that, the other righteous people will gather with me{ to praise you together} because you will have fulfilled my request.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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