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Verse Psalms 142:6. _I AM BROUGHT VERY LOW_] Never was I so near total
ruin before.
_DELIVER ME FROM MY PERSECUTORS_] They are now in full possession of
the only means of my escape.
_THEY ARE STRONG...
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ATTEND UNTO MY CRY - Give ear to me when I cry to thee. Do not turn
away and refuse to hear me.
FOR I AM BROUGHT VERY LOW - I am reduced greatly; I am made very poor.
The language would be applicable...
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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 dist...
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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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PERSECUTORS. pursuers....
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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 o...
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Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my
persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
ATTEND UNTO MY CRY - (; ).
FOR I AM BROUGHT VERY LOW - `attenuated,' 'poor' (; ). The...
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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!" (MATTHEW 6:26) ...
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_[Psalms 142:7]_ הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀ אֶֽל
־רִנָּתִי֮ כִּֽי ־דַלֹּ֪ותִ֫י מְאֹ֥ד
הַצִּילֵ֥נִי מֵ רֹדְפַ֑י כִּ֖י
אָמְצ֣וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃...
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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 c...
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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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_Water. We can add nothing to this idea. (Calmet) --- Man can do no
good without God's grace, which David implores with his hands
stretched out, both to mortify himself, and to denote fervour.
(Worthi...
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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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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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ATTEND UNTO MY CRY,.... His prayer and supplication for help in his
distress, which he desires might be hearkened unto and answered;
FOR I AM BROUGHT VERY LOW; in his spirit, in the exercise of grace...
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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...
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_Attend unto my cry_, &c. O let my importunate cry prevail for some
relief; which will come most seasonably in this exceeding great
necessity; _for I am brought very low_ And if thou do not help me I...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 142:6 Attend H7181 (H8685) cry H7440 brought H1809 very H3966
low H1809 (H8804) Deliver H5337 (H8685) persecutors H7291 (H8802)
stronger H553 (H8804)
for I am - Psalms 44:24-26, Psalms 79:8,...
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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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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 Psalms 140:1, with the
faithful person praying for protection from persecutors.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var...
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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 Adulla...
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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...
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1 Samuel 24:14; Psalms 116:6; Psalms 136:23; Psalms 143:3; Psalms
143:7; Psalms 3:1; Psalms 38:19; Psalms 44:24; Psalms 57:3; Psalms
57:4;...