GiveDownload the App
Book & Chapter
Version

Summary

Psalm 142:1–2 – Pour out complaint What happens: From a cave, he cries and tells God all his trouble. What it means: God welcomes honest lament. Hiding place prayers are holy.

Psalm 142:3–4 – No one cares for my soul What happens: His spirit faints; no one knows his way; refuge fails. What it means: Loneliness does not cancel God’s care. He sees when others do not.

Psalm 142:5–7 – You are my portion What happens: He calls God his portion, asks for deliverance, and vows praise among the righteous. What it means: God Himself is enough in scarcity. Rescue leads to community worship.

Application

  • Tell God your whole burden.
  • Confess God as your portion when support is thin.

Bible

1Maschil 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.

2I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

3When 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.

4I 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.

5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

← Psalms 141Psalms 143 →

Take Versely with you

Queue devotion plans, track progress, and unlock audio guides inside the Versely app.

Download the AppSupport Versely