Psalms 142:1
I cry with my voice unto the LORD; with my voice unto the LORD do I make supplication.
Revised Version 1895
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 my complaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:3And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.
Psalms 30:8I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication:
Psalms 54:1Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy might.
Psalms 77:1I will cry unto God with my voice; even unto God with my voice, and he wilt give ear unto me.
Hebrews 11:38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes 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 →