Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Of the understanding to David; a prayer in his being in the cave. With my voice I will cry to Jehovah; with my voice I will entreat to Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
{Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.} I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
Holman Bible
A Davidic Maskil. When he was in the cave.
I plead aloud to the Lord for mercy.
International Standard Version
My voice cries out to the LORD; my voice pleads for mercy to the LORD.
A Conservative Version
I cry with my voice to LORD. With my voice to LORD I make supplication.
American Standard Version
I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
Amplified
I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.
Darby Translation
{An instruction of David; when he was in the cave: a prayer.} I cry unto Jehovah with my voice: with my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
King James 2000
[A maschil of David. A prayer when he was in the cave.] I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I cry out with my voice to Yahweh; I implore favor with my voice to Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
An Instruction of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried to Jehovah with my voice; with my voice I prayed to Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{The Instruction of David, a prayer when he was in the cave} I cry unto the LORD with my voice; yea, even unto the LORD do I make my supplication.
NET Bible
A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the Lord I cry out; to the Lord I plead for mercy.
New Heart English Bible
I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.
The Emphasized Bible
With my voice - to Yahweh, make I outcry, With my voice - to Yahweh, make I supplication:
Webster
Maschil of David; a prayer when he was in the cave. I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD I made my supplication.
World English Bible
I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.
Youngs Literal Translation
An Instruction of David, a Prayer when he is in the cave. My voice is unto Jehovah, I cry, My voice is unto Jehovah, I entreat grace.
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 142:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Distress
1 Of the understanding to David; a prayer in his being in the cave. With my voice I will cry to Jehovah; with my voice I will entreat to Jehovah. 2 I will pour out before him my complaint; I will announce my straits before him.
Cross References
Psalm 30:8
To thee, O Jehovah, will I call, and to Jehovah will I make supplication.
Psalm 57:1
To the overseer, Thou wilt not destroy, to David a poem in his fleeing from the face of Saul in the cave. Compassionate me, O God, compassionate me: for in thee my soul put trust, and in the shadow of thy wings I will put my trust till calamity shall pass by.
1 Samuel 22:1-2
And David will go from thence and he will escape to the cave Adullam: and his brethren and all the house of his father will hear, and they will go down to him there.
1 Samuel 24:3
And he will come to the sheepfolds upon the way, and there a cave; and Saul will come in to cover his feet: and David and his men dwelling in the sides of the cave.
1 Chronicles 4:10
And Jabez will call to God of Israel, saying, If blessing, thou wilt bless me and enlarge my bound, and thine hand were with me, and didst me from evil, so as not to afflict me! And God will bring what he asked.
Psalm 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications in my crying to thee, in my lifting up my hands to the oracle of thy holy place.
Psalm 32:1
To David, wisdom. Happy the taking away of transgression, the covering of sin.
Psalm 54:1
To the overseer upon the stringed instrument, instruction to David: In the going of the Ziphims, and they will say to Saul, Is not David hiding with us? O God, in thy name save me, and in thy strength thou wilt judge me.
Psalm 77:1-2
To the overseer for Jeduthun: to Asaph a chanting. My voice to God, and I will cry with my voice to God, and he gave ear to me.
Psalm 141:1
Chanting to David. O Jehovah, I called to thee; hasten to me; give ear to my voice in my calling to thee.
Hebrews 11:38
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) wandering about in solitary places, and mountains, and caves, and holes of the earth.