A Maskil + 142:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer.
I Lift My Voice to the LORD
1 Samuel 22:1–5; Psalm 57:1–11
1An instruction of David; when he was in the cave: a prayer. I cry unto Jehovah with my voice: with my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.+ 2I pour out my plaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.+ 3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.+ 4Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.+ 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.+ 6Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.+ 7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me.+