Psalms 142:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Psalms 142:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Psalms 142:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Psalms 142:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 snar...
Psalms 142:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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,...
Psalms 142:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Bring נפשי naphshi, my life, out...
Psalms 142:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Psalms 142:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 142:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A prayer of a hunted soul: ascribed to David 'in the cave,' but not likely to be by him.
Psalms 142:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 us...
Psalms 142:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 142:1-7 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 characteri...
Psalms 142:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Psalms 142:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 fea...
Psalms 142:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 c...
Psalms 142:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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’...
Psalms 142:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 142:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. Bring my soul out of prison ] i.e. Out of this dis...
Psalms 142:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 142:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Petitions. 4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge...
Psalms 142:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 curios...
Psalms 142:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 w...
Psalms 142:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 excl...
Psalms 142:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 wate...
Psalms 142:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 2...
Psalms 142:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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)....
Psalms 142:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 142:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 Enged...
Psalms 142:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:24 ; Isaiah 61:1 ; James 5:11 ; Psalms 107:41 ; Psalms 107:42 ; Psalms 116:7 ; Psalms 119:17 ; Psalms 119:74 ; Psalms 13:6 ; Psalms 143:11 ; Psalms 146:7 ; Psalms 22:21-27 ; Psalm...
Psalms 142:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Prison — Set me at liberty. Compass — Shall flock to me from all parts, to rejoice and bless God with me and for me.

Psalms 142:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 142:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 142:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 142:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 142:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 142:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 142:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 142:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 142:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 142:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 142:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 142:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 142:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 142:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 142:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 142:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 142:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 142:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes