Psalms 142:1
I cry with my voice to LORD. With my voice to LORD I make supplication.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
In Context
2I pour out my complaint before him. I show my trouble before him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:3And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave, and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow! And God granted him t
Psalms 30:8I cried to thee, O LORD, and to LORD I made supplication.
Psalms 54:1Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy might.
Psalms 77:1I will cry to God with my voice, even to God with my voice, and he will give ear to me.
Hebrews 11:38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 142:1
This psalm is a prayer, the substance of which David offered up to God when he was forced by Saul to take shelter in a cave, and which he afterwards penned in this form. Here is, I. The complaint he makes to God ( ver. 1, 2 ) of the subtlety, strength, and malice, of his enemies ( ver. 3 , 6 ), and the coldness and indifference of his friends, ver. 4 . II. The comfort he takes in God that he knew his case ( ver. 3 ) and was his refuge, ver. 5 . III. His expectation from God that he would hear and deliver him, ver.… Read the whole commentary →