10LET THEM FALL IN OWN NETS HIS WICKED [PEOPLE] TOGETHER I UNTIL I WILL PASS BY 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
0A POEM OF DAVID WHEN WAS HE IN THE CAVE A PRAYER I Lift My Voice to the LORD (1 Samuel 22:1–5; Psalm 57:1–11) 0A Maskil*NoteCloseMaskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer.
1VOICE MY TO YAHWEH I CRY OUT VOICE MY TO YAHWEH I SEEK FAVOR 1I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2I POUR OUT <TO> BEFORE HIM COMPLAINT MY TROUBLE MY <TO> BEFORE HIM I TELL 2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
3WHEN FAINTS AWAY ON ME SPIRIT MY AND YOU YOU KNOW PATHWAY MY IN [THE] PATH WHICH I WALK PEOPLE HAVE HIDDEN A SNARE FOR ME 3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
4LOOK RIGHT AND SEE AND NOT [BELONGS] TO ME [ONE WHO] RECOGNIZES IT HAS BEEN LOST A PLACE OF ESCAPE FROM ME THERE NOT [IS ONE WHO] CARES FOR SELF MY 4Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
5I CRY OUT TO YOU O YAHWEH I SAY YOU [ARE] REFUGE MY PORTION MY IN [THE] LAND OF THE LIVING 5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
6PAY ATTENTION! TO CRY OF ENTREATY MY FOR I HAVE BECOME LOW EXCEEDINGLY DELIVER ME FROM [THOSE WHO] HARASS ME FOR THEY ARE [TOO] STRONG FOR ME 6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
7BRING OUT! FROM PRISON SELF MY TO GIVE THANKS TO <OBJ.> NAME YOUR <IN> ME THEY WILL SURROUND RIGHTEOUS [PEOPLE] FOR YOU DEAL BOUNTIFULLY TOWARDS ME 7Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.