Psalm 142:3

Translations

Modern

Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Traditional

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.

Literal

With the weakening of my spirit within me, You indeed know my path; on the road that I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

Latin

…in deficiendo ex me spiritum meum, et tu cognovisti semitas meas. In via hac qua ambulabam absconderunt laqueum mihi.

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English

Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Notes

Psalms 142:3–4

The psalmist feels deep despair (see Psalm 77:3), and the Lord helps him in his distress. The psalmist trusts in the Lord's wisdom (see Psalm 139) but mourns being trapped by evil people (5:9–10; 140:5; 141:9; 142:3).

Psalms 142:1–3

Although overwhelmed by his persecutors (Psalm 142:6), the psalmist seeks wisdom from the Lord.

Psalms 142:1–7

when he was in the cave: Compare Psalm 57:1.

Psalms 142

The psalmist faces severe persecution, so he cries to the Lord, and the Lord will rescue him.

Psalms 138:1–145:21

In this final group of psalms of David, psalms of praise and wisdom (Psalms 138–139, 145) form a frame around five psalms of lament (Psalms 140–144).

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