- In this plaint (Psalms 142:4) would it appear that the Psalmist is upon his deathbed (when “my spirit fails within me”)?
- And, in Psalms 142:5, does the author see any hope or any help from any other quarter but God?
- In Psalms 142:6 appears the phrase “be’eretz haha’yim” — could this be a request for eternal life?
- What is the “prison” from which release is asked?
- Does the reference in Psalms 142:8 to “nafshi”, literally “my soul” (rather than “me” as such) have any oblique reference to immortality?
- Returning to the introduction to this Psalm, what condition was David in when he “was in the cave” — secure or fearing imminent death?
