Psalms 142:2
I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
In Context
1I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Psalms 42:4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, LORD! Let my cry come to you.
Romans 8:26In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.
Hebrews 5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
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 →