Psalms 142 DBY
Summary: Titled "A Prayer when he was in the cave," traditionally linked to David hiding from Saul, it opens "I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication" (v. 1), pouring out complaint when his spirit was overwhelmed. He laments that "no man would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul" (v. 4), feeling utterly friendless and trapped, "for they are stronger than I" (v. 6). It closes pleading to be brought "out of prison" — figurative confinement in danger — so he may praise God's name among a gathering of the righteous.
1An 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.
2I pour out my plaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.
4Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, 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 celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me.
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