Parallel Verses
Amplified
I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my trouble before Him.
New American Standard Bible
I declare my
King James Version
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
Holman Bible
I reveal my trouble to Him.
International Standard Version
I pour out my complaint to him, telling him all of my troubles.
A Conservative Version
I pour out my complaint before him. I show my trouble before him.
American Standard Version
I pour out my complaint before him; I show before him my trouble.
Bible in Basic English
I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.
Darby Translation
I pour out my plaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.
Julia Smith Translation
I will pour out before him my complaint; I will announce my straits before him.
King James 2000
I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I pour out my complaint before him; I declare my trouble before him.
Modern King James verseion
I poured out my prayer before Him; I declared my trouble before Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I pour out my complaint before him, and show him of my trouble.
NET Bible
I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.
New Heart English Bible
I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
The Emphasized Bible
I pour out before him my complaint, My distress - before him, I tell.
Webster
I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble.
World English Bible
I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
Youngs Literal Translation
I pour forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 142:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Distress
1
I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.
2
I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my trouble before Him.
When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 26:16
O Lord, they sought You in distress;
They managed only a prayerful whisper
When Your discipline was upon them.
1 Samuel 1:15-16
But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman with a despairing spirit. I have not been drinking wine or any intoxicating drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.
Psalm 18:4-6
The cords of death surrounded me,
And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me.
Psalm 42:4
These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;
How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.
Psalm 62:8
Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalm 102:1-28
And let my cry for help come to You!
Romans 8:26
In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words.
Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.
Hebrews 5:7
In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].