Psalms 142:3
1 I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
4 Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
5 I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
- ASV
- When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
- DARBY
- When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then *thou* knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.
- BLB
- With the weakening of my spirit within me, You indeed know my path; on the road that I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
- ÅB
- Når min ånd vansmekter i meg, kjenner dog du min sti; på den vei jeg skal vandre, har de lagt skjulte snarer for meg.
- OTB
- Da min ånd var overveldet i meg,
Visste Du om min vei.
På stien hvor jeg går
Har de satt en snare for meg. - B1930
- Når min ånd vansmekter i mig, kjenner dog du min sti; på den vei jeg skal vandre, har de lagt skjulte snarer for mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 140:5
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
Read in contextPsalms 141:9
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Read in contextPsalms 143:4
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
Read in contextPsalms 61:2
From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Read in contextMark 14:33–36
He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
Read in contextPsalms 139:2–4
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
Read in contextPsalms 102:4
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
Read in context