Psalm 142
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Being honest before God
Being honest before God
VERSE 1
He who has learned how to pray has been taught the most useful of the arts and sciences. The disciples said unto the Son of David, "Lord, teach, us to pray"; and here David gives us a valuable lesson by recording his own experience as to supplication from beneath a cloud. —Charles Spurgeon
Speak directly to the Yahweh = I cry out (intensity in our requests) to the Lord with my voice;
I cry out to the Lord with my voice;
His voice of prayer was echoing in the cave
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Stated twice in reverse = With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication (plead for compassion).
With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication.
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Cry out is to have intensity in our requests
Supplication is to plead for compassion
Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 9:36
VERSE 2
Open up to Him = I pour out (to express without restraint) my complaint (an expression of grievance or resentment; especially one that assumes blame.) before Him;
I pour out my complaint before Him;
Complain to God but not about God
Pour out - to express without restraint
Complain alone
Tell Him your problems = I declare (to make known) before Him my trouble (distress).
I declare before Him my trouble.
complaint n. — an expression of grievance or resentment; especially one that assumes blame.
We tend to tell everyone our troubles but God (poor testimony)
Declare - to make known
Trouble - distress
We need to tell the One who can really help
Note that we do not show our trouble before the Lord that he may see it, but that we may see him. It is for our relief, and not for his information that we make plain statements concerning our woes: —Charles Spurgeon
Being alone
Being alone
VERSE 3
When our spirit is overwhelmed God sees = When my spirit was overwhelmed (feeble, faint, weak) within me, Then You knew my path.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Then You knew my path.
Then You knew my path.
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
God knows the uncertainty’s of life and the snares set by the enemy = In the way in which I walk They have secretly set a snare for me.
VERSE 4
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
No companions and he is ignored = Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me;
No one wanted to be associated with him
Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me;
No one wanted to come and stand by his side
No hope of rescue and no one cares = Refuge (shelter from danger or hardship) has failed (perish) me; No one cares for my soul.
Refuge has failed me;No one cares for my soul.
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Being confident in God
Being confident in God
VERSE 5
He found refuge in Yahweh = I cried out to You, O Lord: I said, “You are my refuge,
Anything which leads us to cry unto God is a blessing to us. —Charles Spurgeon
I cried out to You, O Lord: I said, “You are my refuge,
God didn’t provide Him a refuge He was his refuge
God was all he needed = My portion (possession) in the land of the living.
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
VERSE 6
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Ask God to pay attention to our prayers when we are low = Attend to my cry, For I am brought (be (come) small, unimportant)very low;
For I am brought very low;
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Attend to my cry,
We are defenseless without God = Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.
Can I see another's woe,
And not be ill sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?
Can I see a falling tear,
And not feel my sorrow's share?
Can a father see his child
Weep, nor be with sorrow filled?
Can a mother sit and hear
An infant groan, an infant fear?
No, no; never can it be!
Never, never can it be!
And can he, who smiles on all,
Hear the wren, with sorrows small --
Hear the small bird's grief and care,
Hear the woes that infants bear,
And not sit beside the nest,
Pouring pity in its breast?
And not sit the cradle near,
Weeping tear on infant's tear?
And not sit both night and day
Wiping all our tears away?
Oh, no! never can it be!
Never, never can it be!
He doth give his joy to all;
He becomes an infant small;
He becomes a man of woe;
He doth feel the sorrow too.
Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.
Think not thou canst sigh a sigh,
And thy Maker is not by;
Think not thou canst weep a tear,
And thy Maker is not near.
Oh! he gives to us his joy,
That our grief he may destroy:
Till our grief is fled and gone,
He doth sit by us and moan.
--William Blake (1757-1828), in "Songs of Innocence", 1789.
VERSE 7
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
I’m trapped rescue me so I may praise His name = Bring my soul out of prison, That I may praise Your name;
Bring my soul out of prison, That I may praise Your name;
That I may praise Your name;
I will be joined by the righteous = The righteous shall surround me, For You shall deal bountifully with me.”
The righteous shall surround me, For You shall deal bountifully with me.”
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
For You shall deal bountifully with me.”
The voice of prayer soon awakens the voice of praise. —Charles Spurgeon
The New King James Version. (1982). (). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.