1. I cried unto the Lord with my voice;

1. with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

2. I poured out my complaint before him;

2. I showed before him my trouble.

3. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,

3. then thou knewest my path.

3. In the way wherein I walked

3. have they privily laid a snare for me.

4. I looked on my right hand, and beheld,

4. but there was no man that would know me:

4. refuge failed me;

4. no man cared for my soul.

5. I cried unto thee, O Lord:

5. I said, Thou art my refuge

5. and my portion in the land of the living.

6. Attend unto my cry;

6. for I am brought very low:

6. deliver me from my persecutors;

6. for they are stronger than I.

7. Bring my soul out of prison,

7. that I may praise thy name:

7. the righteous shall compass me about;

7. for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.