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Verse Psalms 142:7. _BRING MY SOUL OUT OF PRISON_] Bring נפשי
_naphshi_, my _life_, out of this _cave_ in which it is now
_imprisoned_; Saul and his men being in possession of the entrance.
_THE RIG...
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BRING MY SOUL OUT OF PRISON - Bring me out of my present condition
which is like a prison. I am as it were shut up; I am encompassed with
foes; I do not know how to escape. Compare Psalms 25:17.
THAT...
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PSALM 140-142
These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series,
142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when
David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distr...
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CXLII. The Psalmist prays for help to God who knows his distress. His
enemies are stronger than he, and there is none to help him, save God.
The righteous will welcome his deliverance from the snares...
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_Bring my soul out of prison_ Probably to be understood figuratively,
-bring my soul out of distress" (Psalms 143:11). Cp. Isaiah 42:7, of
the Exile; Psalms 107:10. But it may mean that he was actuall...
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Reminding God of his devotion in past times, he prays for a speedy
answer to his prayer....
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DISCOURSE: 737
LIBERTY DESIRED
Psalms 142:7. _Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy
name!_
GREAT are the changes which, from time to time, we observe in the
material world; namely, from...
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I CRIED UNTO THEE, O LORD, &C.— He applies himself to God to rescue
him out of this prison, the cave wherein he was concealed. _I have
said,_ &c. "I have solemnly devoted myself to thee, as my God and...
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THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL ENCOMPASS ME, &C.—
From me the righteous shall their hopes confirm, When I the object of
thy care appear. FENWICK.
Dr. Chandler renders it, _The righteous will crown thee with pra...
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PSALMS 142
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Loud Outcries in a Cave Succeed Guarded Petitions at Court.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 142:1-2, A Loud-Voiced Prelude. Stanzas II. and
III., Psalms 142:3-4, Severity
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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.
BRING MY SOUL OUT OF PRISON, THAT I MAY PRAISE THY NAME - ans...
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142:7 celebrate (c-10) As Psalms 138:2 . see Psalms 109:30 ....
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A prayer of a hunted soul: ascribed to David 'in the cave,' but not
likely to be by him....
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PRISON] metaphorical: cp. Psalms 107:10. COMPASS ME ABOUT] RM 'crown
themselves because of me.' The meaning is, that they will rejoice with
him in his rejoicing....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
NOBODY *CARES ABOUT ME
PSALMS 142
Jesus said, "Your Father in *heaven feeds the birds (that fly) in the
air. You are much better than they are!" ...
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OUT OF PRISON. — This expression, which must certainly be figurative
of distress (comp. Psalms 143:11), probably led to the inscription.
COMPASS ME ABOUT. — The Hebrew word here employed is used in a...
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_[Psalms 142:8]_ הֹ֘וצִ֤יאָה מִ מַּסְגֵּ֨ר ׀
נַפְשִׁי֮ לְ...
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Psalms 142:1
THE superscription not only calls this a psalm of David's, but
specifies the circumstances of its composition. It breathes the same
spirit of mingled fear and faith which characterises ma...
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“NO MAN CARED FOR MY SOUL”
Psalms 142:1-7
The cave was dark and shared by rough and lawless men with whom David
had little sympathy. His gentle and devout spirit must often have
craved for more co...
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In this psalm human need is yet more vividly set forth. Here is seen
the consciousness resulting from the difficulties described in the
previous psalm. Here there is a combination of fighting and fear...
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Bring my soul out of (c) prison, that I may praise thy name: the
righteous shall (d) compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully
with me.
(c) For he was on all sides beset with his enemies as t...
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_Pit. Or "lake," meaning (Haydock) the grave. (Calmet) --- If man be
left to himself, he will presently yield to sin, from which he will
not be delivered without God's grace._...
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REFLECTIONS
Pause, my soul, over this sweet Psalm, and take from it, for thy
constant meditation, the many precious instructions it holds forth
unto thee. Look again and again at Jesus, as thou ponder...
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Reader! look once more to Jesus, to while reading this account. Call
to min d how one disciple betrayed him, and another denied him, and
all forsook him and fled! Hear the strong cries Jesus on the cr...
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_THE VICTORY OF FAITH_
‘Thou shalt deal bountifully with me.’
Psalms 142:7
I. THESE WORDS HONOURED GOD.—David was in the cave, praying and
pouring out complaints. His ‘spirit was overwhelmed’; ‘ref...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144.
The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in
detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and
not...
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BRING MY SOUL OUT OF PRISON,.... Not out of purgatory, to which some
Popish writers wrest these words very absurdly; nor out of the prison
of his body, as Joseph Ben Gorion p; knowing that none but Go...
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_Attend unto my cry_, &c. O let my importunate cry prevail for some
relief; which will come most seasonably in this exceeding great
necessity; _for I am brought very low_ And if thou do not help me I...
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Bring my soul out of prison, out of this extremity of sorrows in which
he found himself, THAT I MAY PRAISE THY NAME, in grateful appreciation
of what the Lord had done for him. THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL COM...
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CRY FOR HELP IN GREAT EXTREMITY.
Maschil, a didactic poem, one teaching an important lesson, of David;
a prayer when he was in the cave, either in that of Adullam, 1 Samuel
22, or in that of Engedi,...
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BRING MY SOUL OUT OF PRISON; bring me safe out of this cave, wherein I
am imprisoned, and set me at perfect liberty. SHALL COMPASS ME ABOUT;
shall flock to me from all parts, partly out of curiosity t...
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Psalms 142:7 Bring H3318 (H8685) soul H5315 prison H4525 praise H3034
(H8687) name H8034 righteous H6662 surround...
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Psalms 142:7
I. Consider what is to be understood by "the soul in prison." The
ideas suggested by the word "prison" are such as these: deprivation of
liberty, severe and gloomy restraint, and exclusio...
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Maschil of David. A prayer when he was in the cave. This «Maschil of
David» is instructive to us, for the experience of one believer is
very edifying to another. We are so much alike that, as in water...
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CONTENTS: The malice of enemies and expectation of God's deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: There is no cave so deep or dark but that out of it we may
send up our souls in prayer to Go...
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The title of this psalm seems undisputed; and it therefore fixes the
author and the occasion of its composition. _Maschil,_ or an
instruction, _of David; a prayer when he was in the cave. 1 Samuel
22:...
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_Bring my soul out of prison._
THE SOUL IN PRISON
I. The prison into which so many souls are cast. David said, “In the
way wherein I walked, the hunters laid a snare for me.” No one had
better intent...
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_I cried unto the Lord with my voice._
RELIGION IN THE TRIALS OF LIFE: -
I. The trials here represented. He speaks of himself as--
1. Overwhelmed (verse 3).
2. Walking in snares (verse 3).
3. Des...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 142:1. This individual lament is a
companion to Psalms 57:1. It is also similar to...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 142:5 The final section ties the whole psalm
together. CRY TO YOU echoes v. Psalms 142:1, while you are my refuge
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INTRODUCTION
“A maschil of David,” _ie_., an instruction or a didactic poem by
David. “A prayer when he was in the cave;” “That is,” says
Barnes, “either a prayer which he composed while there, or whi...
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EXPOSITION
DAVID once more cries to God for protection and deliverance. The
"title" says that the prayer was composed by him "when he was in the
cave," by which we must understand "the cave of Adullam...
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This is a prayer of David when he was in the cave. No doubt the cave
of Adullam when he was hiding from Saul.
I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I
make my prayer. I p...
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Acts 2:24; Isaiah 61:1; James 5:11; Psalms 107:41; Psalms 107:42;...
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Prison — Set me at liberty. Compass — Shall flock to me from all
parts, to rejoice and bless God with me and for me....