Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.
I cry with my voice unto Jehovah;
With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
I pour out my complaint before him;
I show before him my trouble.
When my spirit {Or, fainted}was overwhelmed within me,
Thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walk
Have they hidden a snare for me.
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.
I cried unto thee, O Jehovah;
I said, Thou art my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
Attend unto my cry;
For I am brought very low:
Deliver me from my persecutors;
For they are stronger than I.
Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may give thanks unto thy name:
The righteous shall {Or, crown themselves because of me}compass me about;
For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
Querverweise zu Psalm 142,7 Ps 142,7
Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.I cry with my voice unto Jehovah;With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger;Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries,And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
I will sing unto Jehovah,Because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
When mine enemies turn back,They stumble and perish at thy presence.
{Or, So shall}And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about;And over them return thou on high.
Return unto thy rest, O my soul;For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.
That I may show forth all thy praise.In the gates of the daughter of ZionI will rejoice in thy {Or, saving help}salvation.
Save me from the lion's mouth;Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
I will declare thy name unto my brethren:In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him;All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;Neither hath he hid his face from him;But when he cried unto him, he heard.
Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly:I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied;They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him:Let your heart live for ever.
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah;And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
ג GIMEL.Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live;So will I observe thy word.
And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy;Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
My soul shall make her boast in Jehovah:The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the {Or, endurance}patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit;I am as a man that hath no help,
Cast {Or, away}off among the dead,Like the slain that lie in the grave,Whom thou rememberest no more,And they are cut off from thy hand.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,In dark places, in the deeps.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. [Selah
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me;Thou hast made me an abomination unto them:I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction,And maketh him families like a flock.
Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake:In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
The upright shall see it, and be glad;And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Who executeth justice for the oppressed;Who giveth food to the hungry.Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
They that fear thee shall see me and be glad,Because I have hoped in thy word.
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the {Or, poor}meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and {Or, opening of the eyes}the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.