---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 142
verse_count: 7
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 142, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 142

*There is comfort in prayer. Maschil of David; A prayer when he was in the cave.*

**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 showed before him my trouble.
**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** 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** I cried unto thee, O Lord; I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
**6** Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
**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