| 1 | Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. |
| 2 | Let my prayer be set before you like incense; The lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. |
| 3 | Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. |
| 4 | Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies. |
| 5 | Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; Don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. |
| 6 | Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. |
| 7 | 'As when one plows and breaks up the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.' |
| 8 | For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute. |
| 9 | Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, From the traps of the workers of iniquity. |
| 10 | Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, While I pass by. Psalm 142 A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. |