Psalms 142:1
{An instruction of David; when he was in the cave: a prayer.} I cry unto Jehovah with my voice: with my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
Darby Translation
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 plaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet; and David and his men were abiding in the recesses of the cave.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God brought about what he had requested.
Psalms 30:8I called to thee, Jehovah, and unto the Lord did I make supplication:
Psalms 54:1{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David; when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?} O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength do me justice.
Psalms 77:1{To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} My voice is unto God, and I will cry; my voice is unto God, and he will give ear unto me.
Hebrews 11:38(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and [in] dens and caverns 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 →