Psalms 142:1 (KJV)
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I criedunto the LORDwith my voicewith my voiceunto the LORDdid I make my supplication
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A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) Maschil of David. or, APsalm of David giving instruction. Ps 32:1 Ps 54:1 Ps 57:1 1Ch 4:10
when he was. 1Sa 22:1 1Sa 22:2 1Sa 24:3 Heb 11:38
with my voice. Ps 28:2 Ps 77:1 Ps 77:2 Ps 141:1
1 David shews that in his trouble all his comfort was in prayer unto God. A Prayer.David was twice in great peril in caves: on one occasion, in the cave of Adullam, when he fled from Achish king of Gath; and on another, in the cave of Engedi, where he had taken refuge from the pursuit of Saul. It is not certain to which of these events this Psalm refers; though probably to the former.
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