Psalms 142:2
I pour out before him my complaint, My distress—before him, I tell.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
In Context
1With my voice—to Yahweh, make I outcry, With my voice—to Yahweh, make I supplication:
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made me afraid;
Psalms 42:4These things, I keep calling to mind, and pouring out, over me, my own soul, For I used to cross over with a crowd, Lead them in procession up to the house of God, With the voice of shouting and praise.—a throng keeping festival.
Psalms 102:1O Yahweh, hear thou my prayer, and let, my cry for help, unto thee, enter in.
Romans 8:26In the selfsame way moreover, even the Spirit, helpeth together in our weakness,—for, what we should pray for as we ought, we know not, but, the Spirit itself, maketh intercession with sighings unutterable,
Hebrews 5:7Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up, both supplications and entreaties unto him that was able to save him out of death, with mighty outcries and tears, and been hearkened to by reason of his devoutness,
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 →