Psalms 142:2

I pour my complaint before him, I tell my troubles to him.

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In The King James Version

I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

In Context

1Loudly I cry to the Lord: to the Lord plead loudly for mercy,

3When my spirit is faint within me, my path is known to you. In the way I am wont to walk in, they have hidden a trap for me.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:4The waves of death broke about me, fearful floods of chaos.

Psalms 42:4My heart floods with sorrow, as I call to mind: how I used to pass on with the throng, at their head, to the house of God, with glad shouts and giving of thanks, in the throng who kept festival.

Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry for help come to you.

Romans 8:26So, also, the Spirit supports us in our weakness. We do not even know how to pray as we should; but the Spirit himself pleads for us in sighs that can find no utterance.

Hebrews 5:7Jesus, in the days of his earthly life, offered prayers and supplications, with earnest cries and with tears, to him who was able to save him from death; and he was heard because of his devout submission.

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 →

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