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2I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
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;
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. …
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Whether it was in the cave of Adullam , or that of Engedi , that David prayed this prayer, is not material; it is plain that he was in distress. It was a great disgrace to so great a soldier, so great a courtier, to be put to such shifts for his own safety, and a great terror to be so hotly pursued and every moment in expectation of death; yet then he had such a presence of mind as to pray this pr…
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