Psalms 142:2

1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

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

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.

4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
KJV
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
WEB
I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
ASV
I pour out my complaint before him; I show before him my trouble.
DARBY
I pour out my plaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.
BLB
I pour out before Him my complaint; I declare my distress before Him.
ÅB
Jeg utøser min sorg for hans åsyn, jeg gir min nød til kjenne for hans åsyn.
OTB
Jeg utøser min nød for Ham;
Jeg forteller Ham om mine problemer.
B1930
Jeg utøser min sorg for hans åsyn, jeg gir min nød til kjenne for hans åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 8:26

    Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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  • Isaiah 26:16

    LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

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  • Philippians 4:6–7

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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  • Hebrews 5:7

    Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

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  • Psalms 62:8

    Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

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  • Psalms 102:1–28

    Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

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  • Psalms 18:4–6

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:15–16

    And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

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