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PSALM CXLII
_The psalmist, in great distress and difficulty, calls upon_
_God_, 1-7.
NOTES ON PSALM CXLII
The title says, "An Instruction of David," or a Psalm of David giving
instruction; "A Pray...
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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 he was alone. It was not a mental ejaculation, but he ga...
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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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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 of eight Psalms referring to this subject.
THE LORD. Hebrew....
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Aloud to Jehovah will I cry;
Aloud to Jehovah will I make supplication:...
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The Psalmist's resolve to seek relief by laying his distress before
Jehovah....
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_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 משׂכיל _MASKIIL LEDAVID._— This psalm was
composed by D...
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I CRIED UNTO THE LORD— _I will cry;_ and so the following verbs
would be rendered more properly in the future....
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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 the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did
I make my supplication.
Psalms 142:1.-The Psalmist's overwhelmed state (Psalms 142:1); he
promises praise to God in the event of...
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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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I CRIED... — See Psalms 3:4, &c....
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מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְ דָוִ֑ד בִּ הְיֹותֹ֖ו
בַ †...
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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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"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.
(a) David's patience and constant prayer to God...
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Absalom is not specified in Roman Septuagint, &c., (Calmet) though it
be in other copies. (Haydock) --- The latter part of the title has
been added by the Greeks. (St. Hilary) --- If David composed th...
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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
instruction, we shall find words leading us to Christ.
Masch...
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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 than likely, that the cave here spoken of was that...
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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
in a paroxysm of fury take vengeance upon his enemy, as he e...
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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 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 when no voice was heard, or articulate sounds expres...
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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 En...
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_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 have recourse again, as he often had had before, unto G...
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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 importunity, imploring His merciful assistance and
de...
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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,...
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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...
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Psalms 142:1 Contemplation H4905 (H8688) David H1732 Prayer H8605 cave
H4631 out H2199 (H8799) LORD H3068 voice...
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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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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...