Psalms 142:1
With my voice—to Yahweh, make I outcry, With my voice—to Yahweh, make I supplication:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 out before him my complaint, My distress—before him, I tell.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:3And he came into the sheep-folds by the way, there, being a cave, which Saul entered, to cover his feet,—David and his men, in the hinder part of the cave, having taken up their abode.
1 Chronicles 4:10So then Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst, indeed bless, me, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me,—and that thou wouldst work [to deliver me] from evil, that it be not my pain. And God brought about that which he asked.
Psalms 30:8Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry,—and, unto My Lord, do I make supplication:
Psalms 54:1O God! by thine own Name, save me, And, by thine own strength, wilt thou vindicate me?
Psalms 77:1With my voice—unto God, will I make outcry, With my voice unto God, and he will give ear unto me;
Hebrews 11:38Of whom the world, was not worthy—upon deserts, wandering, and mountains, and in caves,—and in the caverns 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 →