Psalms 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 88:4-6 : 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
- Ps 142:6 : 6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
- Lam 3:6 : 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
- Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
- 2 Sam 2:22 : 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
- 2 Sam 18:11 : 11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
- Ps 7:1-2 : 1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
- Ps 7:5 : 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
- Ps 17:9-9 : 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
- Ps 31:12-13 : 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- Ps 54:3 : 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Lam 3:2-76 verses87%
2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
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5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
- Ps 13:2-43 verses79%
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
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53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
- Ps 88:3-64 verses79%
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
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13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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13 From above 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 55:3-42 verses77%
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
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3 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.
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10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
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3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
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6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
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3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Ps 31:9-102 verses76%
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
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15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
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13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
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2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
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16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
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17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
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5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
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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 called, and they shall be like unto me.
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6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
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13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
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24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
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22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
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8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.