Psalms 143:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

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  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 I am counted with those who go down into the pit; I am as a man who has no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, and they are cut off from your hand. 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths.
  • Ps 142:6 : 6 Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
  • Lam 3:6 : 6 He has set me in dark places, like those long dead.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to 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.
  • 2 Sam 2:22 : 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? How could I face Joab your brother?
  • 2 Sam 18:11 : 11 And Joab said to the man who told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a belt.
  • Ps 7:1-2 : 1 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me: 2 Lest they 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; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
  • Ps 17:9-9 : 9 From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me. 10 They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth. 12 Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your 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 my life.
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be confused 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 have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

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

    3Surely against me He is turned; He turns His hand against me all day long.

    4My flesh and my skin He has made old; He has broken my bones.

    5He has built against me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

    6He has set me in dark places, like those long dead.

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

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    5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

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    2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

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    6You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths.

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    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

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    3Because 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.

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    9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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  • Ps 31:9-10
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    9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my body.

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    6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.

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    7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails: do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.

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    3My soul is also greatly troubled: but You, O LORD, how long?

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    75%

    5The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me.

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    6The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;

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    3O LORD, you have brought my soul up from the grave; you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

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    7My eye is consumed because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies.

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    14LORD, why do you cast off my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

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    24Why do you hide your face, and hold me as your enemy?

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    22A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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