Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Jesus Christ. John 1:17
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A Cave Prayer for Deliverance When No One Cares.

Psalm 142 is David’s prayer “when he was in the cave,” pouring out his complaint to the LORD and describing his trouble without hiding it. He confesses that his spirit is overwhelmed and that people have laid snares for him, while human help has failed—no one seems to care for his soul. Yet he turns deliberately to God as his refuge and portion in the land of the living. The psalm asks for deliverance from stronger persecutors and ends with confidence that God will deal bountifully and the righteous will gather around the LORD’s faithfulness.

Psalms 142:1 – 142:7

  1 Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.
  2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
  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.
  4 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.
  5 I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.
  6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
  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.

STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe…

In one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;

In the absolute deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death for all through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead;

In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ;

In the divine inspiration of all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, guaranteeing their infallibility, entire trustworthiness, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;

That all people are sinners and cannot save themselves. Salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace, apart from works, through repentance and personal faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit;

In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost;

In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ who are thus members of His Body, the Church, whose work is the worship of God, perfecting the saints, and evangelization of the world.

Psalms 142:1 – 142:7

  1 Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.
  2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
  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.
  4 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.
  5 I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.
  6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
  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.

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