| Book | Chapter | Verse | Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 142 | 1 | I cry out to the LORD; I plead for the LORD's mercy. |
| Psalms | 142 | 2 | I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles. |
| Psalms | 142 | 3 | For I am overwhelmed, and you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me. |
| Psalms | 142 | 4 | I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me. |
| Psalms | 142 | 5 | Then I pray to you, O LORD. I say, "You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life. |
| Psalms | 142 | 6 | Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me. |
| Psalms | 142 | 7 | Bring me out of prison so I can thank you. The godly will crowd around me, for you treat me kindly." |