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Psalms 142:1
1I am calling to the Lord to help me. I ask him to be kind to me.
Psalms 142:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.
- New International Version (NIV)I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I cry out to the Lord with my voice; With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication.
Context of Psalms 142:1
I am calling to the Lord to help me. I ask him to be kind to me. 2I tell him about all my problems. I tell him about all my troubles. 3When I do not feel brave, you are still my guide, Lord. In the path where I walk, my enemies have prepared a trap to catch me.
Read all of Psalms 142Psalms 142:1 word by word
ק֭וֹלִי אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֶזְעָ֑ק ק֝וֹלִ֗י אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 142:1
- Psalms 32:1When God has forgiven someone's sins, they are truly happy! They may have turned against God, but when God forgives them, they are happy.
- Psalms 54:1God, you are great, so please help me! Use your power to show that I am right.
- Psalms 57:1God, please be kind to me and help me! Please help me! I have come to you to keep me safe. Until the danger has gone, keep me near to you, in the way that birds protect their babies under their wings.
- 1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez prayed to Israel's God for help. He said, ‘Please bless me very much and give me more land. Please take care of me so that nothing hurts me and I do not have pain.’ God did what Jabez had prayed for.
- 2 Samuel 22:1David wrote this song when the Lord saved him from the power of his enemies when Saul was king.
- 2 Samuel 24:3But Joab said to the king, ‘I pray that the Lord your God will make your army bigger and bigger. May it grow 100 times while you are alive to see it! But, my lord the king, why do you want to do this?’
- Hebrews 11:38These people who trusted God were too good for this world. Some of them had to travel about in the wilderness and on the hills. Some had to live in holes in the rocks and in the ground.
- Psalms 28:2Hear me when I call to you for help. Please be kind to me. I am lifting up my hands towards your Most Holy Place.
- Psalms 77:1I will call out to God for help. I will call aloud to God, and he will listen to me.
- Psalms 141:1Lord, I am calling to you for help. Come to me quickly! Please listen to what I am saying.
Commentaries on Psalms 142:1
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1I cried unto the Lord with my voice - See the notes at Psalm 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 gave expression to his desires. With my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication - See Psalm 30:8. The Hebrew word rendered “did make my supplication,” means to implore favor or mercy. It denotes the language of petition and entreaty, not the language of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David's comfort in prayer. --There can be no situation so distressing or dangerous, in which faith will not get comfort from God by prayer. We are apt to show our troubles too much to ourselves, poring upon them, which does us no service; whereas, by showing them to God, we might cast the cares upon him who careth for us, and thereby ease ourselves. Nor should we allow any complaint to ourselves or others, which we cannot make to God. When our spirits are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Although overwhelmed by his persecutors (Psalm 142:6), the psalmist seeks wisdom from the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-71. with my voice--audibly, because earnestly.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 1in the cave where he severed the skirt of Saul’s robe.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 142
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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