^142:1 I cry with my voice to Jehovah. I make supplication with my voice to Jehovah. ^142:2 I pour out my complaint before him. I show my trouble before him.

    ^142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.

    ^142:4 Look on my right hand and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul.

    ^142:5 I cried to you, O Jehovah. I said, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

    ^142:6 Attend to my cry, because I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors, because they are stronger than I.

    ^142:7 Bring my soul out of prison that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will encompass me around, because you will deal bountifully with me.