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Psalms 142:3

ExhaustionGuidance and decisionsDiscouragement and depressionFear

1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

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.

4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

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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.

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