Tree of Life Version
Psalms 142:2
2I cry aloud with my voice to Adonai. With my voice I seek favor from Adonai.
Psalms 142:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
- New International Version (NIV)I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before Him my trouble.
Context of Psalms 142:2
1A contemplative poem of David, when he was in the cave, a prayer. I cry aloud with my voice to Adonai. With my voice I seek favor from Adonai. 3I pour out my complaint before Him, before Him I tell my trouble. 4When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
Read all of Psalms 142Psalms 142:2 word by word
אֶשְׁפֹּ֣ךְ לְפָנָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י צָ֝רָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֥יו אַגִּֽיד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 142:2
- Psalms 42:4My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day: “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 62:8On God, my salvation and my glory is the rock of my strength. My refuge is in God.
- Psalms 102:1A prayer of the afflicted one, when he is faint and pours out his lament before Adonai:
- 1 Samuel 1:15But in response Hannah said, “No, my lord, I am a woman with an oppressed spirit! I haven’t been drinking wine or beer. Instead I’ve been pouring out my soul before Adonai.
- Isaiah 26:16Adonai, they sought You in distress, they poured out a whispered prayer when Your discipline was upon them.
- Romans 8:26In the same way, the Ruach helps in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Ruach Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
- Psalms 18:4I called upon Adonai, worthy of praise, and I was rescued from my enemies.
- Philippians 4:6Do not be anxious about anything—but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
- Hebrews 5:7In the days of His life on earth, Yeshua offered up both prayers and pleas, with loud crying and tears, to the One able to save Him from death; and He was heard because of His reverence.
Commentaries on Psalms 142:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I poured out my complaint before him - literally, my meditation; that is, What so much occupied my thoughts at the time I expressed aloud. The word “complaint” does not express the idea. The meaning is, not that he “complained” of God or of man; but that his mind “meditated” on his condition. He was full of care and of anxiety; and he went and poured this out freely before God. The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate render this, “my prayer.” See Psalm 55:2…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. 22. (Compare Psa 62:8). I poured out my complaint--or, "a sad musing."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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