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Selected Verse: Psalms 142:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 142:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Maschil [04905] of David [01732]; A Prayer [08605] when he was in the cave [04631]. I cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068] with my voice [06963]; with my voice [06963] unto the LORD [03068] did I make my supplication [02603]. |
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King James |
Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Maschil--(See on Psa 32:1, title). When he was in the cave--either of Adullam (Sa1 22:1), or En-gedi (Sa1 24:3). This does not mean that the Psalm was composed in the cave, but that the precarious mode of life, of which his refuge in caves was a striking illustration, occasioned the complaint, which constitutes the first part of the Psalm and furnishes the reason for the prayer with which it concludes, and which, as the prominent characteristic, gives its name. (Psa 142:1-7)
with my voice--audibly, because earnestly. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I cried unto the Lord with my voice - See the notes at Psa 3:4, where the language is the same. He uttered a loud and audible prayer, though he was alone. It was not a mental ejaculation, but he gave expression to his desires.
With my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication - See Psa 30:8. The Hebrew word rendered "did make my supplication," means to implore favor or mercy. It denotes the language of petition and entreaty, not the language of claim. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The emphasis of the first two lines rests upon אל־ה. Forsaken by all created beings, he confides in Jahve. He turns to Him in pathetic and importunate prayer (זעק, the parallel word being התחנּן, as in Psa 30:9), and that not merely inwardly (Exo 14:15), but with his voice (vid., on Psa 3:5) - for audible prayer reacts soothingly, strengtheningly, and sanctifyingly upon the praying one - he pours out before Him his trouble which distracts his thoughts (שׁפך שׂיח as in Psa 102:1, cf. Psa 62:9; Psa 64:2; Sa1 1:16), he lays open before Him everything that burdens and distresses him. Not as though He did not also know it without all this; on the contrary, when his spirit (רוּחי as in Psa 143:4; Psa 77:4, cf. נפשׁי Jon 2:7, Psa 107:5, לבּי Psa 61:3) within him (עלי, see Psa 42:5) is enshrouded and languishes, just this is his consolation, that Jahve is intimately acquainted with his way together with the dangers that threaten him at every step, and therefore also understands how to estimate the title (right) and meaning of his complaints. The Waw of ואתּה is the same as in Kg1 8:36, cf. Ps 35. Instead of saying: then I comfort myself with the fact that, etc., he at once declares the fact with which he comforts himself. Supposing this to be the case, there is no need for any alteration of the text in order to get over that which is apparently incongruous in the relation of Psa 142:4 to Psa 142:4. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I cried unto the Lord - See on Psa 141:1 (note). |
1 Maschil [04905] of David [01732]; A Prayer [08605] when he was in the cave [04631]. I cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068] with my voice [06963]; with my voice [06963] unto the LORD [03068] did I make my supplication [02603].
2 I poured out [08210] my complaint [07879] before [06440] him; I shewed [05046] before [06440] him my trouble [06869].
3 When my spirit [07307] was overwhelmed [05848] within me, then thou knewest [03045] my path [05410]. In the way [0734] wherein [02098] I walked [01980] have they privily laid [02934] a snare [06341] for me.
4 I looked [05027] on my right hand [03225], and beheld [07200], but there was no man that would know [05234] me: refuge [04498] failed [06] me; no man cared [01875] for my soul [05315].
5 I cried [02199] unto thee, O LORD [03068]: I said [0559], Thou art my refuge [04268] and my portion [02506] in the land [0776] of the living [02416].
6 Attend [07181] unto my cry [07440]; for I am brought [01809] very [03966] low [01809]: deliver [05337] me from my persecutors [07291]; for they are stronger [0553] than I.
7 Bring [03318] my soul [05315] out of prison [04525], that I may praise [03034] thy name [08034]: the righteous [06662] shall compass me about [03803]; for thou shalt deal bountifully [01580] with me.
3 And he came [0935] to the sheepcotes [01448] [06629] by the way [01870], where was a cave [04631]; and Saul [07586] went in [0935] to cover [05526] his feet [07272]: and David [01732] and his men [0582] remained [03427] in the sides [03411] of the cave [04631].
1 David [01732] therefore departed [03212] thence, and escaped [04422] to the cave [04631] Adullam [05725]: and when his brethren [0251] and all his father's [01] house [01004] heard [08085] it, they went down [03381] thither to him.
1 A Psalm of David [01732], Maschil [04905]. Blessed [0835] is he whose transgression [06588] is forgiven [05375], whose sin [02401] is covered [03680].
8 I cried [07121] to thee, O LORD [03068]; and unto the LORD [03068] I made supplication [02603].
4 I cried [07121] unto the LORD [03068] with my voice [06963], and he heard [06030] me out of his holy [06944] hill [02022]. Selah [05542].
4 I looked [05027] on my right hand [03225], and beheld [07200], but there was no man that would know [05234] me: refuge [04498] failed [06] me; no man cared [01875] for my soul [05315].
4 I looked [05027] on my right hand [03225], and beheld [07200], but there was no man that would know [05234] me: refuge [04498] failed [06] me; no man cared [01875] for my soul [05315].
36 Then hear [08085] thou in heaven [08064], and forgive [05545] the sin [02403] of thy servants [05650], and of thy people [05971] Israel [03478], that thou teach [03384] them the good [02896] way [01870] wherein they should walk [03212], and give [05414] rain [04306] upon thy land [0776], which thou hast given [05414] to thy people [05971] for an inheritance [05159].
5 Why art thou cast down [07817], O my soul [05315]? and why art thou disquieted [01993] in me? hope [03176] thou in God [0430]: for I shall yet praise [03034] him for the help [03444] of his countenance [06440].
3 For thou hast been a shelter [04268] for me, and a strong [05797] tower [04026] from [06440] the enemy [0341].
5 Hungry [07457] and thirsty [06771], their soul [05315] fainted [05848] in them.
7 When my soul [05315] fainted [05848] within me I remembered [02142] the LORD [03068]: and my prayer [08605] came in [0935] unto thee, into thine holy [06944] temple [01964].
4 Thou holdest [0270] mine eyes [05869] waking [08109]: I am so troubled [06470] that I cannot speak [01696].
4 Therefore is my spirit [07307] overwhelmed [05848] within me; my heart [03820] within [08432] me is desolate [08074].
16 Count [05414] not thine handmaid [0519] for [06440] a daughter [01323] of Belial [01100]: for out of the abundance [07230] of my complaint [07879] and grief [03708] have I spoken [01696] hitherto.
2 Hide [05641] me from the secret counsel [05475] of the wicked [07489]; from the insurrection [07285] of the workers [06466] of iniquity [0205]:
9 Surely men [0120] [01121] of low degree are vanity [01892], and men [0376] of high degree are a lie [03577]: to be laid [05927] in the balance [03976], they are altogether [03162] lighter than vanity [01892].
1 A Prayer [08605] of the afflicted [06041], when he is overwhelmed [05848], and poureth out [08210] his complaint [07879] before [06440] the LORD [03068]. Hear [08085] my prayer [08605], O LORD [03068], and let my cry [07775] come [0935] unto thee.
5 I laid me down [07901] and slept [03462]; I awaked [06974]; for the LORD [03068] sustained [05564] me.
15 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Wherefore criest [06817] thou unto me? speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they go forward [05265]:
9 What profit [01215] is there in my blood [01818], when I go down [03381] to the pit [07845]? Shall the dust [06083] praise [03034] thee? shall it declare [05046] thy truth [0571]?
1 A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. LORD [03068], I cry [07121] unto thee: make haste [02363] unto me; give ear [0238] unto my voice [06963], when I cry [07121] unto thee.