Psalms 141:1
I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
In Context
2I will pour out before him my supplication: I will declare before him my affliction. 1
Cross References
Job 7:21Why have you not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more.
Psalms 28:2Bring to the Lord glory, due to his name; worship the lord in his holy court. 1
Psalms 70:5For you are my support, O Lord; O Lord, you are my hope from my youth. 1
Psalms 143:1Blessed be the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, and my fingers for war. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:1
David was in distress when he penned this psalm, pursued, it is most likely, by Saul, that violent man. Is any distressed? Let him pray; David did so, and had the comfort of it. I. He prays for God's favourable acceptance, ver. 1, 2 . II. For his powerful assistance, ver. 3, 4 . III. That others might be instrumental of good to his soul, as he hoped to be to the souls of others, ver. 5, 6 . IV. That he and his friends being now brought to the last extremity God would graciously appear for their relief and rescue,… Read the whole commentary →