142 (H43). PRAYER AND PRAISE.

H43 C       1,2 I cried unto Jehovah.  
            1. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.  
            2. I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.  
    D     3∼ Trouble. Comfort in. Statements.
            3∼. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.  
      E   ∼3 Enemies. Statements.
            ∼3. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.  
        F 4 Friends. Desertion of.  
            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.  
  C       5 I cried unto Jehovah.  
            5. I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.  
    D     6∼ Trouble. Deliverance from. Pleas.
            6∼. Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low:  
      E   ∼6 Enemies. Pleas.
            ∼6. deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.  
        F 7 Friends. Surrounded by.  
            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.