You Are My Refuge

A Maskil1 of David, when he was in kthe cave. A Prayer.

¹With my voice I lcry out to the Lord;

with my voice I mplead for mercy to the Lord.

²I npour out my complaint before him;

I tell my trouble before him.

³When my spirit ofaints within me,

you know my way!

In the path where I walk

they have phidden a trap for me.

⁴qLook to the rright and see:

sthere is none who takes notice of me;

tno refuge remains to me;

no one cares for my soul.

⁵I cry to you, O Lord;

I say, “You are my urefuge,

my vportion in wthe land of the living.”

⁶xAttend to my cry,

for yI am brought very low!

Deliver me from my persecutors,

zfor they are too strong for me!

⁷aBring me out of prison,

that I may give thanks to your name!

The righteous will surround me,

for you will bdeal bountifully with me.