Psalm 142

||Maschil of David; A Prayer *when he was in the cave.

1  aI cried unto the Lord with my voice;

With my voice unto the Lord did I bmake my supplication.

2  I cpoured out my dcomplaint before him;

I shewed before him my trouble.

3  When emy spirit was overwhelmed within me,

Then thou knewest my path.

In the way wherein I walked

Have they fprivily laid a snare for me.

4  g||I looked on my hright hand, and beheld,

But there was no man that would iknow me:

Refuge †failed me;

†No man cared for my soul.

5  I cried unto thee, O Lord:

kI said, Thou art my lrefuge

And mmy portion nin the land of the living.

6  oAttend unto my cry;

pFor I am brought very low:

Deliver me from my persecutors;

qFor they are stronger than I.

7  rBring my soul out of prison,

That I may praise thy name:

The righteous shall compass me about;

For thou shalt sdeal bountifully with me.

Psalm 143

A Psalm of David.

1  Hear my prayer, O Lord,

aGive ear to my supplications:

bIn thy faithfulness answer me, and bin thy righteousness.

2  And center not into judgment with thy servant:

For din thy sight shall no man living be justified.

3  For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;

He hath smitten my life down to the ground;

He hath made me to dwell ein darkness, as those that have been long dead.

4  Therefore fis my spirit overwhelmed within me;

My heart within me gis desolate.

5  hI remember ithe days of old;

I meditate on all thy jkworks;

I muse on kthe work of thy hands.

6  lI stretch forth my hands unto thee:

mMy soul nthirsteth after thee, oas a thirsty land. Selah.

7  pHear me speedily, O Lord: qmy spirit faileth:

prHide not thy face from me,

s||Lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

8  Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness tin the morning;

For uin thee do I trust:

wCause me to know the way wherein I should walk;

For xI lift up my soul unto thee.

9  yDeliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies:

I †flee unto thee to hide me.

10  zTeach me to do athy will; for thou art my God:

bThy spirit is good; clead me into dthe land of uprightness.

11  eQuicken me, O Lord, ffor thy name’s sake:

For thy righteousness’ sake gbring my soul out of trouble.

12  And of thy mercy hcut off mine enemies,

And destroy all them that afflict my soul:

For iI am thy servant.

Psalm 144

A Psalm *of David.

1  Blessed be the Lord †my strength,

aWhich teacheth my hands †to war,

And my fingers ato fight:

2  b||My goodness, and cmy fortress; dmy high tower, and my deliverer;

bMy shield, and he in whom I trust;

Who esubdueth my people under me.

3  fLord, what is man, that thou gTakest knowledge of him!

Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

4  hMan is like to vanity:

His days are as ia shadow that passeth away.

5  kBow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down:

lTouch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6  Cast forth mlightning, and scatter them:

mShoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

7  nSend thine †hand ofrom above;

pRid me, and deliver me nout of great waters,

From the hand of qstrange children;

8  Whose mouth rspeaketh vanity,

And their right hand is sa right hand of falsehood.

9  I will tsing a new song unto thee, O God:

Upon ua psaltery wand uan instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

10  It is he xthat giveth ||salvation unto kings:

Who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

11  yRid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,

zWhose mouth speaketh vanity,

And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

12  That our sons may be aas plants grown up in their youth;

That our daughters may be as bcorner stones, †polished after the similitude of a palace:

13  That our garners may be full, caffording †all manner of store:

That our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our estreets:

14  That our oxen may be †strong to labour;

That there be no fbreaking in, nor ggoing out;

That there be no hcomplaining in our streets.

15  iHappy is that people, that is in such a case:

Yea, khappy is that people, whose God is the Lord.