Psa 142:1-2 | Clarke | e4.org | PSALM CXLII The psalmist, in great distress and difficulty, calls upon God , 1-7. NOTES ON PSALM CXLII The title says, "An Instruction of David," or a Psalm of David giving instruction; "A Prayer when he was in the cave." David was twice in great peril in caves . 1. At the cave of Adullam , when he fled from Achish, king of Gath, . 2. When he was in the cave of En-gedi , where he had taken refuge from the pursuit of Saul; and the latter, without knowing that David was in it, had gone into it on some necessary occasion, . If the inscription can be depended on, the cave of En-gedi is the most likely of the two, for the scene laid here. But were there doubts concerning the legitimacy of the title, I should refer the Psalm to the state of the captives in Babylon, to which a great part of the Psalms refer. Bishop Horsley calls it "A Prayer of the Messiah taken and deserted." It may be so: but where is the evidence , except in the conjectural system of Origen . Verse 1. I cried unto the Lord ] See on the first verse of the preceding Psalm.

‏ Psalms 142:1-2

PSALM CXLII

The psalmist, in great distress and difficulty, calls upon God, 1-7.

NOTES ON PSALM CXLII

The title says, "An Instruction of David," or a Psalm of David giving instruction; "A Prayer when he was in the cave."

David was twice in great peril in caves. 1. At the cave of Adullam, when he fled from Achish, king of Gath, 1Sa 22:1. 2. When he was in the cave of En-gedi, where he had taken refuge from the pursuit of Saul; and the latter, without knowing that David was in it, had gone into it on some necessary occasion, 1Sa 24:1-3. If the inscription can be depended on, the cave of En-gedi is the most likely of the two, for the scene laid here. But were there doubts concerning the legitimacy of the title, I should refer the Psalm to the state of the captives in Babylon, to which a great part of the Psalms refer. Bishop Horsley calls it "A Prayer of the Messiah taken and deserted." It may be so: but where is the evidence, except in the conjectural system of Origen.

Verse 1. I cried unto the Lord] See on the first verse of the preceding Psalm.