Psalms 142:1
Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.
Bible in Basic English
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
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:3\24:2\Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.
Psalms 30:8\30:7\Lord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong: when your face was turned from me I was troubled.
Psalms 54:1To the chief music-maker; on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.\
Psalms 77:1To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
Hebrews 11:38Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
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 →