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Psalm 142

Psalm

A psalm of David.

1 A song of David Yahweh, I called out to you, "Come quickly to me. Give ear to my voice when I call to you."

2 May my prayer rise like incense to your face;

may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice.

3 Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth;

guard the door of my lips.

4 Do not let my heart bend toward any evil thing

or participate in sinful activities

with men who behave wickedly.

May I not eat any of their delicacies.

5 Let a righteous person hit me; it will be a kindness.

Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head.

May my head not refuse.

For my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.

6 Their judges will stumble into the hands of craggy rocks;

they will hear that my own words are pleasant.

7 “As when one plows and breaks up the ground,

so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”

8 For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, Lord;

in you I take refuge; do not abandon my life.

9 Keep me from the hands of the snare that they have laid for me,

from the traps of evildoers.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets

while I escape.

Psalm

A maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a prayer.

1 With my voice I cry out to Yahweh;

with my voice I plead to Yahweh for favor.

2 I pour out my lament before him;

I declare my troubles before him.

3 When my spirit is weak within me,

you yourself know my path.

Along this path I walk

they have hidden a trap for me.

4 I look to my right and see

that there is no one who cares for me.

there is no refuge for me;

no one looks after my life.

5 I called out to you, Yahweh;

I said, “You are my refuge,

my portion in the land of the living.

6 Listen to my cries,

for I have been brought very low;

rescue me from my pursuers,

for they are stronger than I.

7 Bring my life out of prison

in order to praise your name.

The righteous will gather around me

because you have been good to me.”