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Psalms 142:3
Psalms 142:3 is verse 3 of Psalms chapter 142, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
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.
World English Bible
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.
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Psalms 142:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
3 Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
4 Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
5 I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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 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 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
Psalms 143:4My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
Mark 14:34Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”
Mark 14:35Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.
Mark 14:36“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”
Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Psalms 139:2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Psalms 139:3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
Psalms 139:4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Psalms 31:4You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Psalms 35:8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
Psalms 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.