Psalms 142:2-7

2 I pour out my problems to him; I tell him my troubles.

3 When I am afraid, you, Lord, know the way out. In the path where I walk, a trap is hidden for me.

4 Look around me and see. No one cares about me. I have no place of safety; no one cares if I live.

5 Lord, I cry out to you. I say, "You are my protection. You are all I want in this life."

6 Listen to my cry, because I am helpless. Save me from those who are chasing me, because they are too strong for me.

7 Free me from my prison, and then I will praise your name. Then good people will surround me, because you have taken care of me. A psalm of David.

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.