Psalms 142 WEB
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.
1I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.
2I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
4Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
5I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
6Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
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