Psalms 142:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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Referenced Verses

  • 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 entangle him in [his] talk.
  • Mark 14:33-36 : 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, ‹My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry 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 from him. 36 And he said, ‹Abba, Father, all things› [are] ‹possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.›
  • Ps 141:9 : 9 Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and 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 the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly 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 in the midst of my bowels.
  • Ps 31:4 : 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
  • Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.
  • Ps 77:3 : 3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
  • Ps 102:4 : 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that 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 compassest 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 LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.

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    1¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].

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    3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.

    4For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

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    3For 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.

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

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    4¶ I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

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    2I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

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    6They 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.

  • Ps 56:6
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    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

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    3But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

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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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    5Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.

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    37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

  • Jer 18:22
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    22Let 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.

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    6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

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    36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

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    5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

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

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    4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

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    9Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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    16As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.