Parallel Verses
Amplified
When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.
New American Standard Bible
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have
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.
Holman Bible
You know my way.
they have hidden a trap for me.
International Standard Version
Though my spirit grows faint within me, you are aware of my path. Wherever I go, they have hidden a trap for me.
A Conservative Version
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.
American Standard Version
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Bible in Basic English
When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.
Darby Translation
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.
Julia Smith Translation
In my spirit languishing upon me, and thou knewest my beaten paths. In the way which I shall go they hid a snare for me.
King James 2000
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way in which I walked have they secretly laid a snare for me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. On the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me;
Modern King James verseion
When my spirit fainted within me, then You knew my path. In the way in which I walked they have secretly laid a snare for me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When my spirit is in heaviness, thou knowest my path: in the way wherein I walk have they privily laid a snare for me.
NET Bible
Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
When my spirit fainted concerning myself, then, thou, didst take note of my path, - In the course which I was about to take, they had hidden a snare for me.
Webster
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way in which I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Knowledge » God's » All the ways of men are known to God
Snares laid » General references to
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The afflictions of saints
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 142:3
Prayers for Psalm 142:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Distress
2
I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my trouble before Him.
When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.
Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.
Cross References
Psalm 140:5
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
Psalm 143:4
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness];
My heart grows numb within me.
Job 23:10
“But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it].
When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].
Psalm 1:6
For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalm 17:3
You have tried my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];
I intend that my mouth will not transgress.
Psalm 22:14
I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
It is melted [by anguish] within me.
Psalm 31:4
You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength and my stronghold.
Psalm 35:7-8
For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
Psalm 56:6
They attack, they hide and lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].
Psalm 77:3
I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan;
I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.
Psalm 102:4
My heart has been struck like grass and withered,
Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.
Psalm 139:2-4
You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.
Psalm 141:9
Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do evil.
Jeremiah 18:22
Let an outcry be heard from their houses
When You suddenly bring [a troop of] raiders upon them,
For they have dug a pit to capture me
And have hidden snares for my feet.
Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and conspired together plotting how to trap Him by [distorting] what He said.
Mark 14:33-36
He took Peter and James and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and troubled [extremely anguished at the prospect of what was to come].