Psalms 142:3

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,you knew my path.In the way in which I walk,they have hidden a snare for me.

New Heart 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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