142:1My voice is unto Jehovah, I cry, My voice is unto Jehovah, I entreat grace.

142:2I pour forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare.

142:3When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way in which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

142:4Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

142:5I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

142:6Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

142:7Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me!

143:0A Psalm of David.

143:1O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me -- in Thy righteousness.

143:2And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.

143:3For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

143:4And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.

143:5I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.

143:6I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

143:7Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

143:8Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

143:9Deliver me from mine enemies, O Jehovah, Near Thee I am covered.

143:10Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou art my God -- Thy Spirit is good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.

143:11For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul,

143:12And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I am Thy servant!

144:0By David.

144:1Blessed is Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

144:2My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!

144:3Jehovah, what is man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

144:4Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by.

144:5Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.

144:6Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,

144:7Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,

144:8Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

144:9O God, a new song I sing to Thee, On a psaltery of ten strings I sing praise to Thee.

144:10Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.

144:11Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

144:12Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace,

144:13Our garners are full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our out-places,

144:14Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places.

144:15O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God is Jehovah!