Psalms 142:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶשְׁפֹּ֣ךְ לְפָנָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י צָ֝רָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֥יו אַגִּֽיד׃

Transliteration

ʾEšpōk before pānāyw śîḥî; ṣārātî before pānāyw ʾaggîd.

Grammar Details

• *ʾEšpōk*: 1st person singular imperfect, qal - I pour out
• *lĕ*: preposition - to/before
• *pānāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his face
• *śîḥî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my complaint/meditation
• *ṣārātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my distress/trouble
• *ʾaggîd*: 1st person singular imperfect, hiphil - I declare/tell

Word Meanings

• *ʾEšpōk*: I pour out/I lay out
• *śîḥî*: my complaint/my meditation/my concern/my prayer
• *ṣārātî*: my distress/my trouble/my affliction
• *ʾaggîd*: I declare/I tell/I make known

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{H8804)} for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares{H8799)}; and let his net that he hath hid{H8804)} catch{H8799)} himself: into that very destruction let him fall{H8799)}.
• Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together{H8799)}, they hide{H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)} themselves, they mark{H8799)} my steps, when they wait{H8765)} for my soul.
• Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I cry{H8799)} unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed{H8800)}: lead{H8686)} me to the rock that is higher{H8799)} than I.
• Ps 77:3 : 3 I remembered{H8799)} God, and was troubled{H8799)}: I complained{H8799)}, and my spirit was overwhelmed{H8691)}. 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.