(142) A Psalm of instruction for David, when he was in the cave, —a Prayer.
1I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
2I will pour out before him my supplication: I will declare before him my affliction.
3When my spirit was fainting within me, then you knew my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me.
4I looked on my right hand, and behold, for there was none that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul.
5I cried to you, O Lord, and said, You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
6Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver me from them that persecute me; for they are stronger than I.
7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name, O Lord; the righteous shall wait for me, until you recompense me.
Text: the Septuagint in the translation of Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton (1851), revised in American English by Michael Paul Johnson (LXX2012). Public domain. The Old Testament of the Eastern Orthodox Bible is in preparation.
