{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":142,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/141","next":"psalms/143","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.","f":["Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 I cry aloud to the LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy."}],"h":"I Lift My Voice to the LORD","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I pour out my complaint before Him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I reveal my trouble to Him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Although my spirit grows faint within me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You know my way."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Along the path I travel"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they have hidden a snare for me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Look to my right and see;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no one attends to me."},{"style":"indent1","t":"There is no refuge for me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no one cares for my soul."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"I cry to You, O LORD:“ You [are] my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I cry to You, O LORD:“ You [are] my refuge,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my portion in the land of the living.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Listen to my cry,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for I am brought quite low."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Rescue me from my pursuers,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for they are too strong for me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Free my soul from prison,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that I may praise Your name."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The righteous will gather around me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of Your goodness to me."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer."}