Psalms 142:2
I pour out my complaints before him; I tell him what's troubling me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
In Context
1I call out to the Lord for help; pleading with the Lord for mercy.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4Ropes of death encircled me, surging waters of destruction flooded over me;
Psalms 42:4I am crushed as I remember how I walked with the crowds, leading them in a procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and songs of thanks among the worshipers at the festival.
Psalms 102:1Lord, please hear my prayer, my cry for help!
Romans 8:26Similarly the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We don't know how to speak with God, but the Spirit himself intercedes with and through us by groans that can't be put into words.
Hebrews 5:7Jesus, while he was here in human form, prayed and appealed with loud cries and tears to God, the one who was able to save him from death. Jesus was heard because of his respect for 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 →