Psalms 142

Maschil of David. A Prayer tvhen he was in the Cave. When David hid himself for fear of Saul, in the cave of Adullam, (ISam.xxii. 1.) or, as others think, more pro* bable in the cave of En-gedi, (1 Sam. xxiv. 1 — 3.) this was the meditation he had in that disconsolate place, before Saulcame thither to uncover his feet in it. Which was set afterward to the tune of Maschil; (see PsaK xxxii.) or called by that name/ because it admirably instructs posterity in the most forlorn, nay desperate, condition, to recommend. themselves to God, and to depend on him with a resolved faith. Who, by an unexpected means, granted the desire of David, which he makes in the conclusion of this Psalm, (ver. 7.) and brought him out of those straits wherein he was imprisoned. I say resolved faith, because in the Hebrew the words of the first and second verses run thus; / will cry unto the Lord; I will make my supplication; I tvill pour out nty complaint before him, &c.

Psalms 142:1

JL CRIED imto the Lord with my voice: witfrmy voice ttnto the Lord did I make my supplication. Though