Psalms 142:3

142:2 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.

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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.

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.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privately laid a snare for me.

142:4 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. I looked: or, Look on the right hand, and see failed: Heb. perished from me cared: Heb. sought after

What does Psalms 142:3 mean?

Psalms 142:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רוּחַ (rûwach), עָטַף (ʻâṭaph), יָדַע (yâdaʻ).

Hebrew interlinear

When

spiritרוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

was

overwhelmedעָטַףʻâṭaph/aw-taf'/H5848to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish

within

me,

then

thou

knewestיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

path.נָתִיבnâthîyb/naw-theeb'/H5410a (beaten) track

the

wayאֹרַחʼôrach/o'-rakh/H734a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan

whereinזוּzûw/zoo/H2098this or that

walkedהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

have

they

privily

laidטָמַןṭâman/taw-man'/H2934to hide (by covering over)

snareפַּחpach/pakh/H6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)

for

me.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 142:3.

Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. cool: Heb. wind

Job 18:10

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. laid: Heb. hidden

Job 19:8

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Proverbs 8:20

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: lead: or, walk

Psalms 31:4

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

Psalms 9:15

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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What does Psalms 142:3 say?

Psalms 142:3 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Psalms 142:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 142:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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