Psalms 142:3

Psalms 142:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Then You knew my path. In the way in which I walk They have secretly set a snare for me.

Context of Psalms 142:3

1I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord; I make supplication with my voice to the Lord. 2I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him. When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness], You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me. 4Look to the right [the point of attack] and see; For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor]. Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run; No one cares about my life. 5I cried out to You, O Lord; I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

Psalms 142:3 word by word

בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֬ף עָלַ֨י׀ רוּחִ֗י וְאַתָּה֮ יָדַ֪עְתָּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י בְּאֹֽרַח־ז֥וּ אֲהַלֵּ֑ךְ טָמְנ֖וּ פַ֣ח לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When my spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• was overwhelmedעָטַף‛âţaph · be feebleH5848
• within me, then thou knewestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• my pathנְתִיבָהnâthîyb nethîybâh nethibâh · pathH5410
• In the wayאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• whereinזוּzû · thisH2098
• I walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• have they privily laidטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• a snareפַּחpach · snareH6341

Cross-references for Psalms 142:3

• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted [by anguish] within me.
• Psalms 61:2From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].
• Psalms 102:4My heart has been struck like grass and withered, Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.
• Psalms 143:4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness]; My heart grows numb within me.
• Mark 14:33He took Peter and James and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and troubled [extremely anguished at the prospect of what was to come].
• Psalms 1:6For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish.
• Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me]; I intend that my mouth will not transgress.
• Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do]; You understand my thought from afar.
• Job 23:10But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].
• Psalms 31:4You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength and my stronghold.
• Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
• Psalms 56:6They attack, they hide and lurk, They watch my steps, As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
• Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set traps for me. Selah.
• Psalms 141:9Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do evil.
• Jeremiah 18:22Let an outcry be heard from their houses When You suddenly bring [a troop of] raiders upon them, For they have dug a pit to capture me And have hidden snares for my feet.
• Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and conspired together plotting how to trap Him by [distorting] what He said.

Commentaries on Psalms 142:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me - Luther renders this, “When my spirit was in distress.” The Hebrew word rendered “overwhelmed” means, in Kal, to cover as with a garment; then, to be covered as with darkness, trouble, sorrow; and then, to languish, to faint, to be feeble: Psalm 77:3; Psalm 107:5. The idea here is, that, in his troubles, he had no vigor, no life, no spirit. He did not see how he could escape from his troubles, and he had no heart…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The psalmist feels deep despair (see Psalm 77:3), and the Lord helps him in his distress. The psalmist trusts in the Lord's wisdom (see Psalm 139) but mourns being trapped by evil people (5:9–10; 140:5; 141:9; 142:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. thou knewest ... path--The appeal is indicative of conscious innocence; knowest it to be right, and that my affliction is owing to the snares of enemies, and is not deserved (compare Psa 42:4; 61:2).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 142

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary