Psalms 142:3

When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way [in] which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

Young's Literal Translation

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 forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare.

4Looking on the right hand — and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

Psalms 22:14As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

Psalms 61:2From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

Psalms 77:3I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah.

Psalms 102:4Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten 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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