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I pour outאֶשְׁפֹּךְbefore himלְפָנָיוmy complaint;שִׂיחִיmy distressצָרָתִיbefore himלְפָנָיוI declare.אַגִּיד
Psalms 142:2
Study it in the app“I pour out before him my complaint; my distress before him I declare.”
From the cave, David pours out his complaint and distress before GodPrayer
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 142:2, word by word
- I pour outאֶשְׁפֹּךְeshpoch
pour out
To pour out one's heart to God; God pours out his spirit.
Where else “eshpoch” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- my complaintשִׂיחִsichi
complaint
What one says in pouring out grief.
Where else “sichi” appears- my distressצָרָתִtsarati
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsarati” appears- I declareאַגִּידagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “agid” appears
The context
1A maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. With my voice to YHWH I cry out; with my voice to YHWH I make supplication.
2 · This verse (above)
3When my spirit grows faint within me, you know my pathway; in the path where I walk they have hidden a snare for me.