Psalms 142:3

World English Bible (2000)

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

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  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
  • Ps 143:4 : 4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
  • Matt 22:15 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
  • Mark 14:33-36 : 33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. 34 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch." 35 He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. 36 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."
  • Ps 141:9 : 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
  • Ps 31:4 : 4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul. 8 Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
  • Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Ps 77:3 : 3 I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
  • Ps 102:4 : 4 My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
  • Ps 139:2-4 : 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 139:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1 Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

    2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

    3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

    4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

    5 You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3 For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

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

  • Ps 142:4
    81%

    4 Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

  • Lam 3:9-11
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    78%

    9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.

    10 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

    11 He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Ps 142:2
    78%

    2 I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.

  • Ps 57:6
    77%

    6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 56:6
    76%

    6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

  • Jer 12:3
    76%

    3 But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  • Ps 140:5
    76%

    5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Job 30:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12 On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction.

    13 They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, without anyone's help.

    14 As through a wide breach they come, in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in.

  • Ps 143:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.

    8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

  • Ps 31:7
    76%

    7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

  • Lam 1:13
    75%

    13 From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: He has made me desolate and faint all the day.

  • Ps 17:5
    75%

    5 My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

  • 2 Sam 22:37
    74%

    37 You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.

  • Jer 18:22
    74%

    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Ps 56:8
    74%

    8 You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    74%

    6 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

  • Ps 18:36
    74%

    36 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

  • Lam 3:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

    7 He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.

  • Ps 77:3
    74%

    3 I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

  • Ps 35:15
    74%

    15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.

  • Job 13:27
    74%

    27 You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,

  • Job 19:8
    74%

    8 He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

  • Ps 40:12
    74%

    12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

  • Job 30:16
    74%

    16 "Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold on me.

  • Ps 31:22
    74%

    22 As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

  • Ps 18:5
    74%

    5 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

  • Job 14:16
    74%

    16 But now you number my steps. Don't you watch over my sin?

  • Ps 116:3
    74%

    3 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 139:23
    73%

    23 Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

  • Job 33:11
    73%

    11 He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.'

  • Ps 31:4
    73%

    4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

  • Lam 1:21
    73%

    21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they shall be like me.

  • Ps 141:9
    73%

    9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 73:2
    73%

    2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

  • Lam 3:2
    73%

    2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

  • Ps 142:6
    73%

    6 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.

  • Jer 17:16
    73%

    16 As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.