Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.
1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and 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 praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
1 psalmus David quando filius eum persequebatur
Domine exaudi orationem meam
auribus percipe obsecrationem meam in veritate tua
exaudi me in tua iustitia
2 et non intres in iudicio cum servo tuo
quia non iustificabitur in conspectu tuo omnis vivens
3 quia persecutus est inimicus animam meam
humiliavit in terra vitam meam
conlocavit me in obscuris sicut mortuos saeculi
4 et anxiatus est super me spiritus meus
in me turbatum est cor meum
5 memor fui dierum antiquorum
meditatus sum in omnibus operibus tuis
in factis manuum tuarum meditabar
6 expandi manus meas ad te
anima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi diapsalma
7 velociter exaudi me Domine defecit spiritus meus
non avertas faciem tuam a me
et similis ero descendentibus in lacum
8 auditam mihi fac mane misericordiam tuam
quia in te speravi
notam fac mihi viam in qua ambulem
quia ad te levavi animam meam
9 eripe me de inimicis meis Domine ad te confugi
10 doce me facere voluntatem tuam quia Deus meus es tu
spiritus tuus bonus deducet me in terra recta
11 propter nomen tuum Domine vivificabis me in aequitate tua
educes de tribulatione animam meam
12 et in misericordia tua disperdes inimicos meos
et perdes omnes qui tribulant animam meam
quoniam ego servus tuus sum