Psalms 142:1
O Lord, attend to my prayer: listen to my supplication in your truth; hear me in your righteousness. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
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
2And enter not into judgment with your servant, for in your sight shall no man living be justified. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:3And he took with him three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of Saddaeem.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would make me know that you will not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.
Psalms 30:8And you have not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: you have set my feet in a wide place. 1
Psalms 54:1Listen, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication. 1
Psalms 77:1Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth. 1
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 →