Psalms 142:2
\142:1\The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
In Context
1Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.
3\142:2\I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4\18:3\I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
Psalms 42:4\42:3\My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God?
Psalms 102:1A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.
Romans 8:26And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;
Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 142:2-4
David's Complaints. 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. Whether it was in the cave of Adullam, or that of Engedi, that David prayed this prayer, is not material; it is plain that he was in distress. It was a great disgrace to so great a soldier, so… Read the whole commentary →