{"id":1162,"date":"2020-01-17T10:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T10:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2025-07-30T08:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:49:44","slug":"daily-devotion-of-psalm-142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/psalm\/daily-devotion-of-psalm-142\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotion in Psalm 142"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Psalms-539x240.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Artwork from a 1611 KJV.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Psalm142.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>HEAR the devotion and KJV chapter<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Nugget:<\/strong><br>David often found himself in trouble.&nbsp; In Psalm 142, he wrote recalling the time he had to hide in a cave.&nbsp; Perhaps it was the cave he and others hid in that we read of in I Sam. 22:2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most can also relate to how he felt.&nbsp; All will, or will sometimes, feel the same as did David. Things were not looking up for him. His problems were overwhelming and seemed too much for him to bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, whatever trial we face, we have someone we can turn to and tell all our problems, as did David.&nbsp;That great Listener is the Holy God in Heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can unload our tribulations to the listening ears of a friend, but rarely will the person be able to solve the problem. Talking to God is different.&nbsp;He will listen and can do something about the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can talk to God and have the situation handled in the way God knows best, and we can share all the details with Him.&nbsp;Often, when we share our troubles with others, there are certain things we choose not to mention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God, however, knows and sees what troubles us, but he relishes our humbling ourselves to Him and telling Him everything (Psalm 142:2). We can pour all our burdens out before Him.<br><em>\u201cI poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.\u201d\u00a0Psalm 142:2<\/em><br><br><strong>Today\u2019s Thought:\u00a0<\/strong><br>What A Friend We Have in Jesus<br><em>Hymn by Joseph M. Scriven, 1855<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What a friend we have in Jesus,<br>All our sins and griefs to bear!<br>What a privilege to carry<br>Everything to God in prayer!<br>Oh, what peace we often forfeit,<br>Oh, what needless pain we bear,<br>All because we do not carry<br>Everything to God in prayer!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have we trials and temptations?<br>Is there trouble anywhere?<br>We should never be discouraged\u2014<br>Take it to the Lord in prayer.<br>Can we find a friend so faithful,<br>Who will all our sorrows share?<br>Jesus knows our every weakness;<br>Take it to the Lord in prayer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are we weak and heavy-laden,<br>Cumbered with a load of care?<br>Precious Savior, still our refuge\u2014<br>Take it to the Lord in prayer.<br>Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?<br>Take it to the Lord in prayer!<br>In His arms He\u2019ll take and shield thee,<br>Thou wilt find a solace there.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Words to Understand:<\/strong><br>Maschil: A song one can learn something from<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today\u2019s Reading:<\/strong><br><em>Psalm 142<\/em><br><em>1 <\/em>Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.<em> I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.<\/em><br><em>2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.<\/em><br><em>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.<\/em><br><em>4 \u00b6 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.<\/em><br><em>5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.<\/em><br><em>6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.<\/em><br><em>7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Nugget:David often found himself in trouble.&nbsp; In Psalm 142, he wrote recalling the time he had to hide in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_374886073925309_111414703907598":"","twitter_429426831_429426831":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[29,28],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalm","tag-god","tag-prayer","wpcat-72-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8661,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions\/8661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}