Psalm 142 (NLT)

¹I cry out to the LORD;I plead for the LORD’s mercy.

²I pour out my complaints before himand tell him all my troubles.

³When I am overwhelmed,you alone know the way I should turn.Wherever I go,my enemies have set traps for me.

⁴I 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.

⁵Then I pray to you, O LORD.I say, “You are my place of refuge.You are all I really want in life.

⁶Hear my cry,for I am very low.Rescue me from my persecutors,for they are too strong for me.

⁷Bring me out of prisonso I can thank you.The godly will crowd around me,for you are good to me.”