Salmi 142:2

2 Effondo il mio lamento dinanzi a lui, espongo dinanzi a lui la mia tribolazione.

Salmi 142:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 142:2

I poured out my complaint before him
Not a complaint of the Lord and of his providences, but of himself; of his sins, and particularly his unbelief; and also of them that persecuted and afflicted him; which he "poured" out from the abundance of his heart, and in the bitterness of his soul; denoting the fulness of his prayer, his freedom in it, the power and fervency of it, and which he left before the Lord, and submitted to his will; see ( Psalms 102:1 ) , title;

I showed before him my trouble;
the present trouble he was in, being pursued and surrounded by Saul and his army; not as if the Lord was ignorant of it, and did not see and observe it, but to affect his own soul with it, to exercise grace under it, and ease his burdened and distressed mind; the best of men have their troubles both within and without, and the way to be rid of them is to carry them to the Lord.

Salmi 142:2 In-Context

1 Cantico di Davide, quand’era nella spelonca. Preghiera. Io grido con la mia voce all’Eterno; con la mia voce supplico l’Eterno.

2 Effondo il mio lamento dinanzi a lui, espongo dinanzi a lui la mia tribolazione.

3 Quando lo spirito mio è abbattuto in me, tu conosci il mio sentiero. Sulla via per la quale io cammino, essi hanno nascosto un laccio per me.

4 Guarda alla mia destra e vedi; non v’è alcuno che mi riconosca. Ogni rifugio m’è venuto a mancare: non v’è alcuno che abbia cura dell’anima mia.

5 Io grido a te, o Eterno. Io dico: Tu sei il mio rifugio, la mia parte nella terra dei viventi.