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Psalm 142
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.
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Footnotes
I Lift My Voice to the LORD
A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer.
1I cry aloud to the LORD;I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy. 2I pour out my complaint before Him;I reveal my trouble to Him.
3Although my spirit grows faint within me,You know my way.Along the path I travelthey have hidden a snare for me. 4Look to my right and see;no one attends to me.There is no refuge for me;no one cares for my soul.
5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge,my portion in the land of the living.”
6Listen to my cry,for I am brought quite low.Rescue me from my pursuers,for they are too strong for me. 7Free my soul from prison,that I may praise Your name.The righteous will gather around mebecause of Your goodness to me.
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