Psalms 142:2

142:1 Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. Maschil: or, A Psalm of David, giving instruction

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

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I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.

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

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

142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

What does Psalms 142:2 mean?

Psalms 142:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁפַךְ (shâphak), שִׂיחַ (sîyach), פָּנִים (pânîym).

Hebrew interlinear

poured

outשָׁפַךְshâphak/shaw-fak'/H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out

complaintשִׂיחַsîyach/see'-akh/H7879a contemplation; by implication, an utterance

beforeפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

him;

shewedנָגַדnâgad/naw-gad'/H5046properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise

him

trouble.צָרָהtsârâh/tsaw-raw'/H6869tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:

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What does Psalms 142:2 say?

Psalms 142:2 (King James Version) reads: "I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble."

Is Psalms 142:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 142:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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