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