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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me.

Context of Psalms 142:3

1With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord. 2I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him. When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. 4Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul. 5I cry to you, O Lord; I say, "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 within my breast;
• Psalms 61:2from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,
• Psalms 102:4My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
• Psalms 143:4Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.
• Mark 14:33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
• Psalms 1:6for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
• Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
• Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
• Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
• Psalms 31:4you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.
• Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
• Psalms 56:6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
• Psalms 140:5The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah
• Psalms 141:9Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!
• Jeremiah 18:22May a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me and laid snares for my feet.
• Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.

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