Parallel Verses
World English Bible
I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.
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.
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.
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.
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 I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy. 2 I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
Cross References
Psalm 30:8
I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:
Psalm 57:1
Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
1 Samuel 22:1-2
David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
1 Samuel 24:3
He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.
1 Chronicles 4:10
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow!" God granted him that which he requested.
Psalm 28:2
Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
Psalm 32:1
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalm 54:1
Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.
Psalm 77:1-2
My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.
Psalm 141:1
Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
Hebrews 11:38
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.