New Living Translation

Psalms • Chapter 142

1 I cry out to the LORD;<br>I plead for the LORD’s mercy.<br> 2 I pour out my complaints before him<br>and tell him all my troubles.<br> 3 When I am overwhelmed,<br>you alone know the way I should turn.<br>Wherever I go,<br>my enemies have set traps for me.<br> 4 I look for someone to come and help me,<br>but no one gives me a passing thought!<br>No one will help me;<br>no one cares a bit what happens to me.<br> 5 Then I pray to you, O LORD.<br>I say, “You are my place of refuge.<br>You are all I really want in life.<br> 6 Hear my cry,<br>for I am very low.<br>Rescue me from my persecutors,<br>for they are too strong for me.<br> 7 Bring me out of prison<br>so I can thank you.<br>The godly will crowd around me,<br>for you are good to me.”<br>