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Psalms 142:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 142:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 142:28 words
HebrewMeaning
ק֭וֹלִ/יqwōliy
voice mynounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶזְעָ֑קʾezəʿāq
I cry outverbH2199
call · cry · come with such a company · gather ···
ק֝וֹלִ֗/יqwōliy
voice mynounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתְחַנָּֽןʾetəḥanān
I seek favorverbH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
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 142:2

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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