Psalms 142:1
Maschil of David; a prayer when he was in the cave. I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD I made my supplication.
Webster Bible
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 poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:3And he came to the sheep-cotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
Psalms 30:8I cried to thee, O LORD; and to the LORD I made supplication.
Psalms 54:1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
Psalms 77:1To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried to God with my voice, even to God with my voice; and he gave ear to me.
Hebrews 11:38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves 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 →