Psalm 142
1 I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.
1 I cried unto the | Lord • with my | voice; ||
yea, even unto the | Lord • did I | make my • suppli- | cation. ||
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
2 I poured | 3 out my com- | plaints be•fore him, ||
and | showed him | of 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.
3 When my spirit was in heaviness, thou | 3 knewest my | path; ||
in the way wherein I walked, have they | 3 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.
4 I looked also upon my right hand, and saw there was | no man • that would | know me. ||
5 I had no place to flee unto, and | 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.
6 I cried unto thee, O | Lord, and | said, ||
Thou art my hope, and my | portion • in the | land • of the | living. ||
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.
7 Consider my complaint; for I am | brought • very | low. ||
8 O deliver me from my persecutors; | for they | are too | strong • for me. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).