I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
When Saul cornered David in that cave, the man might have panicked or done something rash, as desperate people do. Instead this Psalm shows David kept his composure, held fast to God in assured confidence, and gave himself to prayer rather than taking any step God had not warranted. That is the mark of true faith.
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Commenting on Psalm 142:1-7
I cried unto the Lord with my voice. It was a cry of such anguish that he remembers it long after, and makes a record of it. In the loneliness of the cave he could use his voice as much as he pleased; and therefore he made its gloomy vaults echo with his appeals to heaven.
No cave is so deep or dark that prayer cannot rise out of it to God. David was in terror, hunted at every moment, yet kept his religion about him and poured out his complaint freely before the Lord; let no man of rank think it shame to cry like a child to his Father when affliction comes.
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Commenting on Psalm 142:1-3