Psalms 142:1

Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. I cried unto the Lord - See on Psalms 141:1 (note).

Related Commentaries of Psalms 142:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I cried unto the Lord with my voice - See the notes at Psalms 3:4 , where the language is the same. He uttered a loud and audible prayer, though...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave." I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I (a) make my supplication...
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 ri...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title. Maschil . Instruction. See App-65. of David . by David. when... cave. Adullam ( 1 Samuel 22:1 ) or En-gedi ( 1 Samuel 24:3 ). The last o...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. I cried (245) to Jehovah, etc. It showed singular presence of mind in David that he was not paralyzed with fear, or that he did not...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David sheweth that, in his trouble, all his comfort was in prayer unto God. Maschil of David; A prayer when he was in the cave. Title. לדוד...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I cried unto the Lord— I will cry; and so the following verbs would be rendered more properly in the future.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. Psalms 142:1-7 .-The Psalmist's overwhelmed stat...
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.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I cried... — See Psalms 3:4 , &c.
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...
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...
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 psal...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The title of this Psalm best explains its contents. In the cave David pours out his soul before God. Here also, as Maschil means instructio...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader wish to see the part David, king of Israel, bore personally in this Psalm, he will find the explanation in David's history. It is more...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I cried unto the Lord with my voice ,.... With the voice of his soul, in the language of his mind, mentally, as Moses and Hannah cried unto the Lord...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 142:1 «Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. » I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I cried unto the Lord , &c. Hebrew, אזעק, I will cry unto the Lord The words express the resolution he formed, when all human help failed, to...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Complaints. Maschil of David. A prayer when he was in the cave....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 142 Either that of Adullam, 1Sa 22 , or that of En-gedi, 1Sa 24 . There he meditated this Psalm, which afterwards he more accurately compos...
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, “e...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 142:1 . I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. Silent prayers are often true prayers...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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...
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 Da...
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. Overwhel...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I cried unto the Lord with my voice, in a loud appeal for help; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication, with great earnestness and...
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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 4:10 ; 1 Samuel 22:1 ; 1 Samuel 22:2 ; 1 Samuel 24:3 ; Hebrews 11:38 ; Psalms 141:1 ; Psalms 28:2 ; Psalms 32:1 ; Psalms 54:1 ;...

¹ I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 142:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 142:1