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Psalms 142

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Key Verse

Psalms 142:1 BSB

I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.

Outline

  • I Cry Out To The Lord With My Voice, I Pour Out My Compaint Before Him (v1-2)
  • For There Is No One Who Acknowledges Me, No One Cares For My Soul (v3-4)
  • Attend To My Cry O Lord For I Am Brought Very Low (v5-6)
  • Bring My Soul Out Of Prison That I May Praise Your Name (v7)

Context

  • Written by David
  • Written in Hebrew
  • Written 1040 B.C. – 970 B.C.
  • Passage type · Poetic
  • 7 verses · 162 words

Notes

A Contemplation Of David. A Prayer When He Was in the Cave.

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I Lift My Voice to the LORD

(1 Samuel 22:1–5; Psalm 57:1–11)

A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer.

1Ia cry aloud to the LORD;

I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.

2I pour out my complaint before Him;

I reveal my trouble to Him.

3Although my spirit grows faint within me,

You know my way.

Along the path I travel

they have hidden a snare for me.

4Look to my right and see;

no one attends to me.

There is no refuge for me;

no one cares for my soul.

5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge,

my portion in the land of the living.”

6Listen to my cry,

for I am brought quite low.

Rescue me from my pursuers,

for they are too strong for me.

7Free my soul from prison,

that I may praise Your name.

The righteous will gather around me

because of Your goodness to me.

  1. a 142:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.
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