Psalms 142:6

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' (; ). The primary passage is , "greatly impoverished." The ultimate reference of the psalm is to Israel in her low state in the latter days. Her cry to the Lord in her distress will bring Him to her help. DELIVER ME FROM MY PERSECUTORS (); For they are stronger than I....

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 to one who had been in better circumstances, and who had been brought down to a condition of danger, of poverty, of want. It is language which is commonly applied to poverty. DELIVER ME FROM MY PERSECUTORS - Saul and his followers. FOR THEY ARE STRONGER THAN I - More in number; better armed; better suited for battle....

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" (see 1 Samuel 22:1, 1 Samuel 22:2; and comp. Psalms 57:1; "title"). The contents and style of the psalm are thoroughly Davidical. PSALMS 142:1 I CRIED UNTO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE; WITH MY VOICE UNTO THE LORD DID I MAKE MY SUPPLICATION. "With my voice" means aloud, and therefore earnestly and pressingly (comp....

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, being in great affliction, and reduced to the utmost extremity, weakened, impoverished, and exhausted; wanting both men and money to assist him, Psalms 79:8; DELIVER ME FROM MY PERSECUTORS; Saul and his men, who were in pursuit of him with great warmth and eagerness; FOR THEY ARE STRONGER THAN I; more in number, and greater in strength; Saul had with him three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, ablebodied men, and expert in war; veteran troops, and in high spirits, with their king at the head of them; David had about six hundred men, and these poor mean creatures, such as were in distress, in debt, and discontented, and in want of pro

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 was in the cave»; and, therefore, likely to suit any of you who are in trouble a prayer when he hid away from Saul, and was hunted like a partridge upon the mountains «A prayer when he was in the cave.» Psalms 142:1. _I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication._ Of course, the essence of his prayer was in his heart, but it often helps the heart to use the voice. It is much better to pray in silence if you will be heard by others, for we are not to pray to be heard of men, but if you have opportunity to pray aloud, I am sure you will feel it very helpful to devotion to do so. «I cried unto the Lord with my voice: with my voi

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 distress of Israel, the godly remnant of Israel, is again remembered. In Psalms 140:1 we see prophetically the evil and violent man, that man of sin of the last days. And therefore have we one more imprecatory prayer for the destruction of the wicked (verse 10). The last verses look forward to the overthrow of the wicked and the exaltation of the righteous. In Psalms 141:1 the righteous are seen in separation from the wicked, and the prayer for preservation. Psalms 142:1 contains continued prayer for deliverance

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 around him as a triumph of their own. In Psalms 142:4 follow _mg._ In Psalms 142:7 the prison need not be taken in a literal sense. For compass me about, render shall triumph because of me. The ascription of the Ps. in the title to David in the cave or rather fortress of Adullam has no support in the Ps. itself. There is no means of fixing the date even approximately....

PERSECUTORS. pursuers....

Reminding God of his devotion in past times, he prays for a speedy answer to his prayer....