Psalms 142:1-150:6 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer. I cry with my voice unto the LORD; with my voice unto the LORD do I make supplication.

ERV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer. I cry with my voice unto the LORD; with my voice unto the LORD do I make supplication. ² I pour out my complaint before him; I shew before him my trouble. ³ When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me. ⁴ 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. ⁵ I cried unto thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. ⁶ Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. ⁷ Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me. ¹⁴³ ¹ A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness. ² And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. ³ For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground: he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. ⁴ Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. ⁵ I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings: I muse on the work of thy hands. ⁶ I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary land. Selah ⁷ Make haste to answer me, O LORD; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me; lest I become like them that go down into the pit. ⁸ Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. ⁹ Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. ¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me in the land of uprightness. ¹¹ Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: in thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. ¹² And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant. ¹⁴⁴ ¹ [A Psalm off] David. Blessed be the LORD my rock, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight: ² My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. ³ LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that thou makest account of him? ⁴ Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. ⁵ Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. ⁶ Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out thine arrows, and discomfit them. ⁷ Stretch forth thine hand from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strangers; ⁸ Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. ⁹ I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. ¹⁰ It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword. ¹¹ Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. ¹² When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters as corner stones hewn after the fashion of a palace; ¹³ [When] our garners are full, affording all manner of store; [and] our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; ¹⁴ [When] our oxen are well laden; [when there is] no breaking in, and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets; ¹⁵ Happy is the people, that is in such a case: [yea], happy is the people, whose God is the LORD. ¹⁴⁵ ¹ [A Psalm of] praise; of David. I will extol thee, my God, O King; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. ² Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. ³ Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. ⁴ One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. ⁵ Of the glorious majesty of thine honour, and of thy wondrous works, will I meditate. ⁶ And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; and I will declare thy greatness. ⁷ They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. ⁸ The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. ⁹ The LORD is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works. ¹⁰ All thy works shall give thanks unto thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. ¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; ¹² To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. ¹³ Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion [endureth] throughout all generations. ¹⁴ The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. ¹⁶ Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. ¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. ¹⁸ The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. ¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him; he also will hear their cry, and will save them. ²⁰ The LORD preserveth all them that love him; but all the wicked will he destroy. ²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. ¹⁴⁶ ¹ Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. ² While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. ³ Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. ⁴ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. ⁵ Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: ⁶ Which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; which keepeth truth for ever: ⁷ Which executeth judgment for the oppressed; which giveth food to the hungry: the LORD looseth the prisoners; ⁸ The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous; ⁹ The LORD preserveth the strangers; he upholdeth the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. ¹⁰ The LORD shall reign for ever, thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Praise ye the LORD; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely. ² The LORD doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. ³ He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. ⁴ He telleth the number of the stars; he giveth them all their names. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; his understanding is infinite. ⁶ The LORD upholdeth the meek: he bringeth the wicked down to the ground. ⁷ Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises upon the harp unto our God: ⁸ Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. ⁹ He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. ¹⁰ He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. ¹¹ The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. ¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. ¹³ For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. ¹⁴ He maketh peace in thy borders; he filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. ¹⁵ He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; his word runneth very swiftly. ¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes. ¹⁷ He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? ¹⁸ He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. ¹⁹ He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. ²⁰ He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. ¹⁴⁸ ¹ Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. ² Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his host. ³ Praise ye him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light. ⁴ Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. ⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. ⁶ He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass away. ⁷ Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: ⁸ Fire and hail, snow and vapour; stormy wind, fulfilling his word: ⁹ Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars: ¹⁰ Beasts and all cattle; creeping things and flying fowl: ¹¹ Kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges of the earth: ¹² Both young men and maidens; old men and children: ¹³ Let them praise the name of the LORD; for his name alone is exalted: his glory is above the earth and heaven. ¹⁴ And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the assembly of the saints. ² Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. ³ Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. ⁴ For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. ⁵ Let the saints exult in glory: let them sing for joy upon their beds. ⁶ [Let] the high praises of God [be] in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; ⁷ To execute vengeance upon the nations, and punishments upon the peoples; ⁸ To bind their king’s with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; ⁹ To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. ² Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. ³ Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. ⁴ Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe. ⁵ Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. ⁶ Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.