Psalms 142:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)
  • Ps 143:4 : 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.
  • Matt 22:15 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.
  • Mark 14:33-36 : 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him. 34 And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and falling down on the earth, made request that, if possible, the hour might go from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
  • Ps 141:9 : 9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
  • Ps 31:4 : 4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul. 8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
  • Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.
  • Ps 77:3 : 3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
  • Ps 102:4 : 4 My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.
  • Ps 139:2-4 : 2 You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away. 3 You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

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 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

    2 You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

    3 You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

    4 For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

    5 I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

    4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Ps 142:4
    81%

    4 Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

  • Lam 3:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9 He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.

    10 He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

    11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

  • Ps 142:2
    78%

    2 I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.

  • Ps 57:6
    77%

    6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

  • Ps 56:6
    76%

    6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

  • Jer 12:3
    76%

    3 But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.

  • Ps 140:5
    76%

    5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)

  • Job 30:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

    13 They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

    14 As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.

  • Ps 143:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

    8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

  • Ps 31:7
    76%

    7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

  • Lam 1:13
    75%

    13 From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.

  • Ps 17:5
    75%

    5 I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

  • 2 Sam 22:37
    74%

    37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

  • Jer 18:22
    74%

    22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

  • Ps 56:8
    74%

    8 You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    74%

    6 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • Ps 18:36
    74%

    36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

  • Lam 3:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

    7 He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.

  • Ps 77:3
    74%

    3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

  • Ps 35:15
    74%

    15 But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

  • Job 13:27
    74%

    27 And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;

  • Job 19:8
    74%

    8 My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.

  • Ps 40:12
    74%

    12 For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

  • Job 30:16
    74%

    16 But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

  • Ps 31:22
    74%

    22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

  • Ps 18:5
    74%

    5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • Job 14:16
    74%

    16 For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.

  • Ps 116:3
    74%

    3 The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 139:23
    73%

    23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • Job 33:11
    73%

    11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.

  • Ps 31:4
    73%

    4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

  • Lam 1:21
    73%

    21 Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

  • Ps 141:9
    73%

    9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

  • Ps 73:2
    73%

    2 But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping;

  • Lam 3:2
    73%

    2 By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

  • Ps 142:6
    73%

    6 Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

  • Jer 17:16
    73%

    16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.