Psalms 142:1

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 composed and committed to writing. David, finding help no where in his straits and afflictions, Psalms 142:1, crieth and comforteth himself in prayer to God, Psalms 142:6,7. With my voice; either,

1. With the voice of my soul. But so this addition would be superfluous, and much more the repetition of it, because that is necessarily implied in the former word, I cried, and in the following, I make my supplication. Or rather,

2. With my corporeal voice, which the fervour of my soul forced me to use, when I could not do it without some danger, the enemy being at the mouth of the cave. And so this addition is emphatical, and therefore is repeated. But it is probable that David spoke with a low voice; and that he might do so without very great danger, is manifest from that discourse which passed between David and his men, even when Saul was entered into the cave, 1 Samuel 24:4.