Psalms 142:1
I have cried to the, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
2Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:3Saul therefore took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David, and his men, even upon the most craggy rocks, which are accessible only to wild goats.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.
Psalms 30:8O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled.
Psalms 54:1Unto the end, In verses, understanding for David.
Psalms 77:1Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of Asaph.
Hebrews 11:38Of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, in mountains, and in dens, and in caved 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 →