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[Psalms 142:1](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/1) *Loquitur in spelunca, sed prophetat in Christo,* saith Hilary.
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Ver. 1. **I cried unto the Lord with my voice** ] *sc.* Of my heart, and more with my mind than mouth; for if he had been heard, he had been taken up by the enemy. Thus Moses cried, but uttered nothing, [Exodus 14:15](../../../kjv/exodus/14/15) , *Egit vocis silentio, ut corde clamaret* (Aug.). Thus Christ cried, [Hebrews 5:7](../../../kjv/hebrews/5/7) .

Psa 142:2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
Ver. 2. **I poured out my complaint** ] Heb. my mussitation.
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**I showed before him** ] Plainly and plentifully, how my danger increased to a very crisis, as one expresseth it.

Psa 142:3 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.
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**Then thou knewest my path** ] *sc.* That I neither fretted nor fainted; or, thou knewest how to make a way to escape, [1 Corinthians 10:13](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/13) . The Lord knoweth how to deliver his, [2 Peter 2:9](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/9) .

Psa 142:4 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](../../../kjv/2-timothy/4/16) . *Nulla fides unquam miseros delegit amicos.*

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Psa 142:5 *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](../../../kjv/zephaniah/3/12) , they are an "afflicted poor people"; and being so, "they trust in the name of the Lord."

Psa 142:6 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.).

Psa 142:7 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.
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**The righteous shall compass me about** ] Heb. shall crown me; that is, shall encircle me, as wondering at thy goodness in my deliverance; or they shall set the crown on mine head, as the saints do likewise upon Christ’s head, Son 3:11 to whom this psalm may be fitly applied all along, as above said.

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