Psalms 142:3
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2And enter not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
4Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalms 35:7Thy righteousness is as the + 35:7 Or, vast mountains.mountains of God, thy judgments are as a great deep: O Lord, thou wilt preserve men and beasts.
Psalms 61:2Shall not my soul be subjected to God? for of him is my salvation.
Psalms 77:3All which we have heard and known, and our fathers have declared to us.
Psalms 102:4who redeems thy life from corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion;
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 →