Verse Psalms 142:6. I am brought very low] Never was I so near total ruin before.
Deliver me from my persecutors] They are now in full possession of the only means of my escape.
They are stronger than I.] What am I and my men against this well-appointed armed multitude, with their king at their head.
ATTEND UNTO MY CRY - Give ear to me when I cry to thee. Do not turn away and refuse to hear me. FOR I AM BROUGHT VERY LOW - I am reduced greatly; I am made very poor. The language would be applicable...
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...
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...
PERSECUTORS. pursuers....
Reminding God of his devotion in past times, he prays for a speedy answer to his prayer....
A mosaic of phrases which occur elsewhere. Cp. Psalms 17:1; Psalms 79:8; Psalms 7:1; Psalms 31:15;...
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...
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
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. ATTEND UNTO MY CRY - (; ). FOR I AM BROUGHT VERY LOW - `attenuated,' 'poor' (;...
A prayer of a hunted soul: ascribed to David 'in the cave,' but not likely to be by him....
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!" ...
_[Psalms 142:7]_ הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀ אֶֽל ־רִנָּתִי֮ כִּֽי ־דַלֹּ֪ותִ֫י
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...
“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...
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...
_Water. We can add nothing to this idea. (Calmet) --- Man can do no good without God's grace, which David implores with his hands stretched out, both to mortify himself, and to denote fervour. (Worthi...
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...
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...
ATTEND UNTO MY CRY,.... His prayer and supplication for help in his distress, which he desires might be hearkened unto and answered; FOR I AM BROUGHT VERY LOW; in his spirit, in the exercise of grace...
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Ver. 6. _For I am brought very low_] Exhausted and drawn dry; utterly wasted, and disabled...
_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...
Attend unto my cry, his appeal once more ringing out; FOR I AM BROUGHT VERY LOW, he has reached the point of extreme weakness; DELIVER ME FROM MY PERSECUTORS; FOR THEY ARE STRONGER THAN I, they had th...
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,...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 142:6 Attend H7181 (H8685) cry H7440 brought H1809 very H3966 low H1809 (H8804) Deliver H5337 ...
An instructive psalm of David, for we speak to one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, and they are a means of instruction, as well as a means of utterance of praise. «A prayer when he...
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...
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...
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:...
_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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 142:1. This individual lament is a companion to Psalms 57:1. It is also similar to...
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
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 24:14; Psalms 116:6; Psalms 136:23; Psalms 143:3; Psalms