Psalms 142:3
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
4Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Psalms 61:2From 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.
Psalms 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
Psalms 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 142:2-4
David's Complaints. 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 showed before him my trouble. 3 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. Whether it was in the cave of Adullam, or that of Engedi, that David prayed this prayer, is not material; it is plain that he was in distress. It was a great disgrace to so great a soldier, so… Read the whole commentary →