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Verse Psalms 142:5. _THOU_ ART _MY REFUGE_] Even in these most
disastrous circumstances, I will put my trust in thee....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE LAND OF THE LIVING. See note on Ezekiel 26:20....
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_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...
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Reminding God of his devotion in past times, he prays for a speedy
answer to his prayer....
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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...
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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
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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....
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142:5 refuge, (b-11) Or 'shelter;' as Isaiah 25:4 , Jeremiah 17:17 ....
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A prayer of a hunted soul: ascribed to David 'in the cave,' but not
likely to be by him....
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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!" ...
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With this verse comp. Psalms 31:3; Psalms 22:8; Psalms 16:5, &c....
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_[Psalms 142:6]_ זָעַ֥קְתִּי אֵלֶ֗יךָ
יְה֫וָ֥ה אָ֭מַרְתִּי אַתָּ֣ה
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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....
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_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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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Psalms 142:5 out H2199 (H8804) LORD H3068 said H559 (H8804) refuge
H4268 portion H2506 land H776 living...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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_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...
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_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...
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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
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 142:1. This individual lament is a
companion to Psalms 57:1. It is also similar to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Timothy 4:17; John 16:32; Lamentations 3:24; Psalms 119:57; P
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Portion — Even in this life....