Psalms 142:1
I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
BSB
ASV
I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
KJV
I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.
The intelligence of David when he was in the cave, a prayer. This title is prescribed according to history, indeed, when David was fleeing from the face of Saul in the desert of Engaddi, hidden in a cave; and Saul entered, unaware, as if on his own account. But since it has in its heading "The intelligence of David," we ought to understand the psalm spiritually.
I cried to Jehovah, etc. It showed singular presence of mind in David that he was not paralyzed with fear, or that he did not in a paroxysm of fury take vengeance upon his enemy, as he easily might have done; and that he was not actuated by despair to take away his life, but composedly addressed himself to the exercise of prayer.
When the danger was over he was not ashamed to own (as great spirits sometimes are) the fright he had been in and the application he had made to God. Let no men of the first rank think it any diminution or disparagement to them, when they are in affliction, to cry to God, and to cry like children to their parents when any thing frightens them.
I cried unto the Lord with my voice. It was a cry of such anguish that he remembers it long after, and makes a record of it. In the loneliness of the cave he could use his voice as much as he pleased; and therefore he made its gloomy vaults echo with his appeals to heaven. When there was no soul in the cavern seeking his blood, David with all his soul was engaged in seeking his God. He felt it a relief to his heart to use his voice in his pleadings with Jehovah.
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Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
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He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
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Psalms 141:1I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
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But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
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Psalms 30:8To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:
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Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.