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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Psalms 142:5

Of old. What God had done formerly for me and others. (Worthington) --- The sacred records of 3,000 years tended to raise the hopes of David. (Berthier)

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See also Psalms 142:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 142:5. _THOU_ ART _MY REFUGE_] Even in these most disastrous circumstances, I will put my trust in thee....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I CRIED UNTO THEE, O LORD - When there was no help; when I saw myself encompassed with dangers; when I looked on every hand and there was no “man” that would undertake for me. I SAID, THOU ART MY REF...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • 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 snares...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LAND OF THE LIVING. See note on Ezekiel 26:20....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I cried … I said_ I have cried … I have said. The perfect tense describes what he has done in the past and is still doing. For the form of expression _I have said_cp. Psalms 140:6; for _my refuge_(a...

  • 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 my God and...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. I CRIED UNTO THEE, O LORD. The second strophe resumes the same 'cry' as the beginning of the first....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    142:5 refuge, (b-11) Or 'shelter;' as Isaiah 25:4 , Jeremiah 17:17 ....

  • 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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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!" ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    With this verse comp. Psalms 31:3; Psalms 22:8; Psalms 16:5, &c....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 142:6]_ זָעַ֥קְתִּי אֵלֶ֗יךָ יְה֫וָ֥ה אָ֭מַרְתִּי אַתָּ֣ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • 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 co...

  • 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 fear...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my (b) refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living. (b) Though all means failed him, yet he knew that God would never forsake him....

  • 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 cr...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._I cried unto thee, O Jehovah _! With a view to hasten God’s interposition, David complains of the low estate he was reduced to, and of his extremity; the term cry denoting vehemence, as I have else...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I CRIED UNTO THEE, O LORD,.... Finding no help from man, he turns to the Lord, and directs his prayer to him in his distress; I SAID, THOU [ART] MY REFUGE; as he was, from all his enemies that were i...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living._ Ver. 5. _I cried unto thee, O Lord_] I ran to thee, as my last refuge, in the fail of all outward...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I cried_, rather _I cry, unto thee, O Lord_ Thou knowest me and carest for me, when no one else will, and wilt not fail me nor forsake me when men do. _Thou art my refuge and my portion_ Thou only ar...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I cried unto Thee, O Lord; I said, Thou art my Refuge and my Portion in the land of the living, by providing him the safe stronghold of His almighty power and the assurance of His grace and mercy in t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Thou only art both my refuge to defend me from all evil, and MY PORTION to supply me with all the good which I need and desire. IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING; even in this life, wherein I doubt not to see...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 142:5 out H2199 (H8804) LORD H3068 said H559 (H8804) refuge H4268 portion H2506 land H776 living...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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, but there are times when, in extremity of suffering...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 22:...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living._ GOD IN CHRIST, THE BELIEVER’S REFUGE AND PORTION I. Concerning the refuge. 1. God in Christ is the refuge itself (Isaiah 4:6; Zechariah...

  • 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). 3. Des...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 142:1. This individual lament is a companion to Psalms 57:1. It is also similar to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The 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 whi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Timothy 4:17; John 16:32; Lamentations 3:24; Psalms 119:57; P

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Portion — Even in this life....

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