Psalms 142:1
Loudly I cry to the Lord: to the Lord plead loudly for mercy,
Open English Bible (US)
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
2I pour my complaint before him, I tell my troubles to him.
Cross References
Psalms 30:8Then to you, Lord, I cried, to the Lord I begged for mercy,
Psalms 54:1Save me, O God, by your name, by your power secure for me justice.
Psalms 77:1Loudly will I lift my cry to God, loudly to God, so he hears to me.
Hebrews 11:38people of whom the world was not worthy – roaming in lonely places, and on the mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
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 →