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Psalms 142:1 — King James Version← Study notes

I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.


Psalms 142:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 142:15 words
HebrewMeaning
מַשְׂכִּ֥ילmaśəkiyl
a poemnounH4905
לְ/דָוִ֑דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
בִּ/הְיוֹת֖/וֹbihəywōtwō
when was hepronH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בַ/מְּעָרָ֣הbaməʿārāh
in the cavepronH4631
den · hole
תְפִלָּֽהtəpilāh
a prayernounH8605
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 142:1

1. ...“With my voice have I cried unto the Lord” Psalm 141:1. It were enough to say, “with voice:” not for nothing perhaps has “my” been added. For many cry unto the Lord, not with their own voice, but with the voice of their body. Let the “inner man” then, in whom “Christ” has begun to “dwell by faith,” Ephesians 3:17 cry unto the Lord, not with the din of his lips, but with the affection of his heart. God hears not, where man hears: unless you cry with the voice of lungs…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 142 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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