Psalms 142:3

American Standard Version (1901)

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

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  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah
  • Ps 143:4 : 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
  • Matt 22:15 : 15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in [his] talk.
  • Mark 14:33-36 : 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled. 34 And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove this cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.
  • Ps 141:9 : 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
  • Ps 31:4 : 4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
  • Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Ps 77:3 : 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {{Selah
  • Ps 102:4 : 4 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
  • Ps 139:2-4 : 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 139:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me] .

    2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

    3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

    4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

    5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

    4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

  • Ps 142:4
    81%

    4 Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.

  • Lam 3:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9 He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

    10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

    11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

  • Ps 142:2
    78%

    2 I pour out my complaint before him; I show before him my trouble.

  • Ps 57:6
    77%

    6 They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {{Selah

  • Ps 56:6
    76%

    6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

  • Jer 12:3
    76%

    3 But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  • Ps 140:5
    76%

    5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah

  • Job 30:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12 Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

    13 They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.

    14 As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me] .

  • Ps 143:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

    8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

  • Ps 31:7
    76%

    7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • Lam 1:13
    75%

    13 From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

  • Ps 17:5
    75%

    5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

  • 2 Sam 22:37
    74%

    37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.

  • Jer 18:22
    74%

    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Ps 56:8
    74%

    8 Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    74%

    6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

  • Ps 18:36
    74%

    36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

  • Lam 3:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

    7 He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

  • Ps 77:3
    74%

    3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {{Selah

  • Ps 35:15
    74%

    15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

  • Job 13:27
    74%

    27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

  • Job 19:8
    74%

    8 He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

  • Ps 40:12
    74%

    12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

  • Job 30:16
    74%

    16 And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

  • Ps 31:22
    74%

    22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • Ps 18:5
    74%

    5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

  • Job 14:16
    74%

    16 But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

  • Ps 116:3
    74%

    3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 139:23
    73%

    23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;

  • Job 33:11
    73%

    11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.

  • Ps 31:4
    73%

    4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

  • Lam 1:21
    73%

    21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

  • Ps 141:9
    73%

    9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 73:2
    73%

    2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.

  • Lam 3:2
    73%

    2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

  • Ps 142:6
    73%

    6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

  • Jer 17:16
    73%

    16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.