Psalm 142

Voce mea ad Dominum

1 I CRIED unto the Lord with my voice * yea, even unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

2 I poured out my complaints before him * and shewed him of my trouble.

3 When my spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path * in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

4 I looked also upon my right hand * and saw there was no man that would know me.

5 I had no place to flee unto * and no man cared for my soul.

6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said * Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land of the living.

7 Consider my complaint * for I am brought very low.

8 O deliver me from my persecutors * for they are too strong for me.

9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto thy Name * which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous resort unto my company.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son * and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be * world without end. Amen.