# Psalm 142 ## Psalm 142:1 - [KJV] I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. - [ASV] I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication. - [YLT] My voice *is* unto Jehovah, I cry, My voice *is* unto Jehovah, I entreat grace. ### Notes on Psalm 142:1 - ## Psalm 142:2 - [KJV] I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. - [ASV] I pour out my complaint before him; I show before him my trouble. - [YLT] I pour forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare. ### Notes on Psalm 142:2 - ## Psalm 142:3 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me. - [YLT] When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way *in* which I walk, They have hid a snare for me. ### Notes on Psalm 142:3 - ## Psalm 142:4 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Look on *my* right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul. - [YLT] Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul. ### Notes on Psalm 142:4 - ## Psalm 142:5 - [KJV] I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou *art* my refuge *and* my portion in the land of the living. - [ASV] I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. - [YLT] I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou *art* my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.' ### Notes on Psalm 142:5 - ## Psalm 142:6 - [KJV] Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. - [ASV] Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I. - [YLT] Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I. ### Notes on Psalm 142:6 - ## Psalm 142:7 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks unto thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For thou wilt deal bountifully with me. - [YLT] Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me! ### Notes on Psalm 142:7 -