Psalms 142:2-7

2 I ¹pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.

3 When my spirit ²faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have ³hidden a trap for me.

4 ⁴Look to the ⁵right and see: ⁶there is none who takes notice of me; ⁷no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul.

5 I cry to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my ⁸refuge, my ⁹portion in ¹⁰the land of the living."

6 ¹¹Attend to my cry, for ¹²I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, ¹³for they are too strong for me!

7 ¹⁴Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will ¹⁵deal bountifully with me.

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Psalms 142:2-7 Meaning and Commentary

Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. Of the word "maschil," See Gill on "Ps 32:1," title. This psalm is called a prayer, as some others are, the ninetieth and hundred second psalms: and was composed by David when either in the cave of Adullam, 1 Samuel 22:1; or rather in the cave at Engedi, where he cut off Saul's skirt, 1 Samuel 24:3; as Jarchi and Kimchi think. The psalm represents the troubles of David, and of the Messiah his antitype, and is applicable to the church of God, or to any particular soul when in distress.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. [Isaiah 26:16]; See Ps. 102, title
2. See Psalms 77:3
3. Psalms 140:5
4. Psalms 69:20
5. Psalms 16:8
6. [Psalms 31:11]
7. Job 11:20; Jeremiah 25:35
8. See Psalms 14:6
9. Psalms 16:5
10. Psalms 27:13
11. Psalms 17:1
12. Psalms 79:8
13. Psalms 18:17
14. Isaiah 42:7; [Psalms 143:11]
15. Psalms 13:6

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Psalms 142:2-7

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Psalms 142:2-7 Meaning and Commentary

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