Psalm 142-144

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Along this path I travel
they have hidden a trap for me.^(F)
4 Look to the right and see:^[a]
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.^(G)

⁵ I cry to You, Lord;
I say, “You are my shelter,
my portion in the land of the living.”^(H)
6 Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.^(I)
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.^(J)
7 Free me from prison
so that I can praise Your name.
The righteous will gather around me
because You deal generously with me.^(K)

³ For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.^(O)
4 My spirit is weak within me;
my heart is overcome with dismay.^(P)

⁵ I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all You have done;
I reflect on the work of Your hands.^(Q)
6 I spread out my hands to You;
I am like parched land before You.^(R)Selah

⁷ Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.^(S)
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.^(T)
8 Let me experience
Your faithful love in the morning,
for I trust in You.^(U)
Reveal to me the way I should go
because I long for You.^(V)
9 Rescue me from my enemies, Lord;
I come to You for protection.^[b](W)
10 Teach me to do Your will,
for You are my God.^(X)
May Your gracious Spirit
lead me on level ground.^(Y)

¹¹ Because of Your name, Yahweh,
let me live.
In Your righteousness deliver me from trouble,^(Z)
12 and in Your faithful love destroy my enemies.
Wipe out all those who attack me,
for I am Your servant.^(AA)

³ Lord, what is man, that You care for him,
the son of man, that You think of him?^(AG)
4 Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.^(AH)

⁵ Lord, part Your heavens and come down.^(AI)
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.^(AJ)
6 Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe;^[d]
shoot Your arrows and rout them.^(AK)
7 Reach down^[e] from heaven;^(AL)
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners^(AM)
8 whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.^(AN)

⁹ God, I will sing a new song to You;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You^(AO)—
¹⁰ the One who gives victory to kings,
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword.^(AP)
11 Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners^(AQ)
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.^(AR)

¹² Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style.^(AS)
13 Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce;^(AT)
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields.^(AU)
14 Our cattle will be well fed.^[f]
There will be no breach in the walls,
no going into captivity,^[g]
and no cry of lament in our public squares.^(AV)
15 Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.^(AW)