David sheweth that in his trouble all his comfort was in prayer unto God.
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  142:1 ¶
[[[A Psalm] of instruction for David, when he was in the cave,-- a Prayer.]] I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord. |
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142:1 ¶
[[Maschil°°
of David;°
A Prayer°
when he was°
in the cave.]]°
I cried°°
unto°
Yahweh°
with my voice;°
with my voice°
unto°
Yahweh°
did I make my supplication.°° |
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142:2
I will pour out before him my supplication: I will declare before him mine affliction. |
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142:2
I poured out°°
my complaint°
before°
him; I shewed°°
before°
him my trouble.° |
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142:3
When my spirit was fainting within me, then thou knewest my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me. |
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142:3
When my spirit°
was overwhelmed°°
within°
me, then thou°
knewest°°
my path.°
In the way°
wherein°
I walked°°
have they privily laid°°
a snare°
for me. |
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142:4
I 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. |
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142:4
I looked°°
on [my] right hand,°
and beheld,°°
but [there was] no man°
that would know°°
me: refuge°
failed°°°
me; no man°
cared°°
for my soul.° |
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142:5
I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living. |
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142:5
I cried°°
unto°
thee, O Yahweh:°
I said,°°
Thou°
[art] my refuge°
[and] my portion°
in the land°
of the living.° |
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142:6
Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver me from them that persecute me; for they are stronger than I. |
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142:6
Attend°°
unto°
my cry;°
for°
I am brought°°
very°
low:°°°
deliver°°
me from my persecutors;°°°
for°
they are stronger°°
than°
I. |
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142:7
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to thy name, O Lord; the righteous shall wait for me, until thou recompense me. |
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142:7
Bring°°
my soul°
out°°
of prison,°°
that I may praise°°°
thy name:°
the righteous°
shall compass me about;°°
for°
thou shalt deal bountifully°°
with°
me. |
