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You Are My Refuge

A Maskil^[a] of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

 With my voice I cry out to the Lord;
with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.
² I pour out my complaint before him;
I tell my trouble before him.

³ When my spirit faints within me,
you know my way!
In the path where I walk
they have hidden a trap for me.
⁴ Look to the right and see:
there is none who takes notice of me;
no refuge remains to me;
no one cares for my soul.

⁵ I cry to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.”
⁶ Attend to my cry,
for I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me!
⁷ Bring me out of prison,
that I may give thanks to your name!
The righteous will surround me,
for you will deal bountifully with me.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 142:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Cross references:

1. Psalm 142:1 : Ps. 57, title
2. Psalm 142:1 : Ps. 3:4
3. Psalm 142:1 : Ps. 30:8
4. Psalm 142:2 : [Isa. 26:16]; See Ps. 102, title
5. Psalm 142:3 : See Ps. 77:3
6. Psalm 142:3 : Ps. 140:5
7. Psalm 142:4 : Ps. 69:20
8. Psalm 142:4 : Ps. 16:8
9. Psalm 142:4 : [Ps. 31:11]
10. Psalm 142:4 : Job 11:20; Jer. 25:35
11. Psalm 142:5 : See Ps. 14:6
12. Psalm 142:5 : Ps. 16:5
13. Psalm 142:5 : Ps. 27:13
14. Psalm 142:6 : Ps. 17:1
15. Psalm 142:6 : Ps. 79:8
16. Psalm 142:6 : Ps. 18:17
17. Psalm 142:7 : Isa. 42:7; [Ps. 143:11]
18. Psalm 142:7 : Ps. 13:6