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

1Loudly, I cry to the Lord. Loudly, I plead with the Lord for mercy. 2I pour out my complaints in his presence and tell him my troubles. When I begin to lose hope, you ⌞already⌟ know what I am experiencing. ⌞My enemies⌟ have hidden a trap for me on the path where I walk. 4Look to my right and see that no one notices me. Escape is impossible for me. No one cares about me. 5I call out to you, O Lord. I say, “You are my refuge, my own inheritance in this world 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 has melted within me.
• Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth, I call to you when I begin to lose heart. Lead me to the rock that is high above me.
• Psalms 102:4My heart is beaten down and withered like grass because I have forgotten about eating.
• Psalms 143:4That is why I begin to lose hope and my heart is in a state of shock.
• Mark 14:33He took Peter, James, and John with him and began to feel distressed and anguished.
• Psalms 1:6The Lord knows the way of righteous people, but the way of wicked people will end.
• Psalms 17:3You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
• Psalms 139:2You alone know when I sit down and when I get up. You read my thoughts from far away.
• Job 23:10⌞I can’t find him⌟ because he knows the road I take. When he tests me, I’ll come out as pure as gold.
• Psalms 31:4You are my refuge, so pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me.
• Psalms 35:7For no reason they hid their net in a pit. For no reason they dug the pit ⌞to trap me⌟.
• Psalms 56:6They attack, and then they hide. They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.
• Psalms 140:5Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road. Selah
• Psalms 141:9Keep me away from the trap they set for me and from the traps set by troublemakers.
• Jeremiah 18:22Make them cry out from their homes when you suddenly send troops against them, because they dug a pit to catch me and hid snares for my feet.
• Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went away and planned to trap Jesus into saying the wrong thing.

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