Chapter 142

The psalmist in tribulation calleth upon God for his delivery. The seventh penitential psalm.

1. 1

   A psalm of David, when his son, Absalom, pursued him. [2 Kings xvii.]

2. 2

   And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.

3. 3

   For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my life to the earth.

4. 5

   I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.

5. 6

   I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is as earth without water unto thee.

6. 7

   Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit hath fainted away.

7. 8

   Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee have I hoped.

8. 9

   Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, to thee have I fled: 10 teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God.