Psalms 143:3

Webster's Bible (1833)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, 5 Set apart among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand. 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, In the darkest depths.
  • Ps 142:6 : 6 Listen to my cry, For I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
  • Lam 3:6 : 6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been 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 up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
  • 2 Sam 2:22 : 22 Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?
  • 2 Sam 18:11 : 11 Joab said to the man who told him, Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten [pieces of] silver, and a sash.
  • Ps 7:1-2 : 1 > Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, 2 Lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, Ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
  • Ps 7:5 : 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
  • Ps 17:9-9 : 9 From the wicked who oppress me, My deadly enemies, who surround me. 10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth. 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, As it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, Yahweh, Confront him, cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
  • Ps 31:12-13 : 12 I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery. 13 For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, While they conspire together against me, They plot to take away my life.
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

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