Psalms 143:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help: 5 My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care. 6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.
  • Ps 142:6 : 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.
  • Lam 3:6 : 6 He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.
  • 2 Sam 2:22 : 22 Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.
  • 2 Sam 18:11 : 11 And Joab said to the man who had given him the news, If you saw this, why did you not put your sword through him, and I would have given you ten bits of silver and a band for your robe?
  • Ps 7:1-2 : 1 <Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free; 2 So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
  • Ps 7:5 : 5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
  • Ps 17:9-9 : 9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death. 10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride. 11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth; 12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places. 13 Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.
  • Ps 31:12-13 : 12 I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel. 13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lam 3:2-7
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    2 By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

    3 Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.

    4 My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

    5 He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.

    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 143:4
    84%

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

  • Ps 7:5
    82%

    5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

  • Ps 13:2-4
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    79%

    2 How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

    3 Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

    4 And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

  • Lam 3:53
    79%

    53 They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.

  • Ps 88:3-6
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    3 For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

    4 I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

    5 My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

    6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

  • Job 17:13
    78%

    13 If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;

  • Lam 3:11
    78%

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

  • Lam 1:13
    77%

    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 55:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

    4 My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

  • Ps 63:9
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    9 But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 142:3
    77%

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

  • Ps 71:10
    77%

    10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Ps 116:3
    76%

    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 120:6
    76%

    6 My soul has long been living with the haters of peace.

  • Ps 54:3
    76%

    3 For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

  • Ps 31:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

    10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

  • Ps 22:15
    75%

    15 My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

  • Ps 57:6
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    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 9:13
    75%

    13 Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

  • Ps 42:9
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    9 I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • Job 3:5
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    5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

  • Ps 143:7
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 43:2
    75%

    2 You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • Ps 6:3
    75%

    3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

  • Job 30:16
    75%

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

  • Lam 3:17
    75%

    17 My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

  • Ps 18:5
    75%

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

  • Ps 59:3
    75%

    3 For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

  • Lam 1:21
    75%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    75%

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

  • Ps 30:3
    75%

    3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • Ps 6:7
    75%

    7 My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

  • Job 14:13
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    13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • Ps 88:14
    75%

    14 Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

  • Job 13:24
    74%

    24 Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

  • Job 10:22
    74%

    22 A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

  • 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.