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

1To the Lord I cry out; to the Lord I plead for mercy. 2I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles. Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. 4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life. 5I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my shelter, my security 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 22:14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
• Psalms 61:2From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!
• Psalms 102:4My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.
• Psalms 143:4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
• Mark 14:33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.
• Psalms 1:6Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
• Psalms 17:3You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.
• Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
• Job 23:10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
• Psalms 31:4You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.
• Psalms 35:7I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.
• Psalms 56:6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
• Psalms 140:5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)
• Psalms 141:9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.
• Jeremiah 18:22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.
• Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own 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