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

141:1 Intellectus David, cum esset in spelunca, oratio.

2 ¶ Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi,
voce mea ad Dominum deprecatus sum.

2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

3 Effundo in conspectu ejus orationem meam,
et tribulationem meam ante ipsum pronuntio:

3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

4 in deficiendo ex me spiritum meum,
et tu cognovisti semitas meas.
In via hac qua ambulabam
absconderunt laqueum mihi.

4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

5 Considerabam ad dexteram, et videbam,
et non erat qui cognosceret me:
periit fuga a me,
et non est qui requirat animam meam.

5 I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

6 Clamavi ad te, Domine;
dixi: Tu es spes mea,
portio mea in terra viventium.

6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

7 Intende ad deprecationem meam,
quia humiliatus sum nimis.
Libera me a persequentibus me,
quia confortati sunt super me.

7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

8 Educ de custodia animam meam
ad confitendum nomini tuo;
me exspectant justi donec retribuas mihi.