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. _When he was in the cave_] _sc._ Of Engedi, 1 Samuel 24:1 _Loquitur in spelunca, sed prophetat in Christo,_ saith Hilary. Ver. 1. _I crie... [ Continue Reading ]
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. Ver. 2. _I poured out my complaint_] Heb. my mussitation. _ I showed before him_] Plainly and plentifully, how my danger increased to a very crisis, as one expresseth it.... [ Continue Reading ]
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. Ver. 3. _When my spirit was overwhelmed within me_] Or, covered over, with grief, as the Greek expoundeth it. _ Then thou knewest my path_] _sc._ That I neither f... [ Continue Reading ]
I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. Ver. 4. _I looked on my right hand_] Not a man would appear for me. Aφιλον το δυστυχες, misery is friendless for the most part. See 2 Timothy 4:16. _Nulla fides unquam mis... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 comforts. Zephaniah 3:12, they are an "afflicted poor people"; and being so, "they trust in the nam... [ Continue Reading ]
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Ver. 6. _For I am brought very low_] Exhausted and drawn dry; utterly wasted, and disabled to help myself any way, _Depauperatus sum_ (Vat.).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 distress, wherewith I am no less straitened than if in prison. _ The righteous shall compass me about_]... [ Continue Reading ]