Psalms 142:1
A Psalme of David, to give instruction, and a prayer, when he was in the cave. I cryed vnto the Lord with my voyce: with my voyce I prayed vnto the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 powred out my meditation before him, and declared mine affliction in his presence.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:3Then Saul tooke three thousande chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seeke Dauid and his men vpon the rocks among the wilde goates.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Iabez called on the God of Israel, saying, If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and if thine hand be with me, and thou wilt cause me to be deliuered from euill, that I be not hurt. And God graunted the thing that he asked.
Psalms 30:8Then cried I vnto thee, O Lord, and praied to my Lord.
Psalms 54:1To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of David, to give instruction. When the Ziphims came and said unto Saul, Is not David hid among us? Save mee, O God, by thy Name, and by thy power iudge me.
Psalms 77:1For the excellent musician Ieduthun. A Psalme committed to Asaph. My voyce came to God, when I cryed: my voyce came to God, and he heard me.
Hebrews 11:38Whom the world was not worthie of: they wandered in wildernesses and mountaines, and dennes, and caues of the earth.
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 →