Psalms 142:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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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  • 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 ste, 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 139:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1 To the chief Musician, A alm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

    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.

    5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine 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 darkness, as those that have been long dead.

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

  • 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.

  • Lam 3:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

    10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret pces.

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

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

  • 6 They have prepared a net for my ste; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

  • 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my ste, when they wait for my soul.

  • 3 But 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.

  • 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 youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

    13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

    14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

  • Ps 143:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    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.

  • 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • 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 desote and faint all the day.

  • 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footste slip not.

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

  • 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.

  • 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

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

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

  • Lam 3:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 He hath set me in dark pces, as they that be dead of old.

    7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

  • 3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

  • 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

  • 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

  • 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

  • 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

  • 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

  • 22 For 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.

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

  • 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

  • 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

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

  • 16 As 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.