Psalms 142:3

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.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.

4Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me.

Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

Psalms 61:2From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalms 77:3I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

Psalms 102:4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I 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 →

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