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Book of Psalms


Psalm 142

Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.

King James Version

1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

References and notes
1. SDA Bible Commentary Vol. 3 pg. 929

WHICH CAVE?

According to the superscription this psalm was composed while David was hiding in a cave, but the cave is not identified. It may have been Adullam (1 Sam. 22) or En-gedi (1 Sam. 24), or even a cave not mentioned in the historical narrative. On the basis of Ps. 142:6 some think that of the two mentioned, En-gedi is the more likely.1

 

 



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