Psalms 142:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Psalms 142:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 142:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 142:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Psalms 142:3 — World English Bible

Psalms 142:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me. ”

Psalms 142:3 — American Standard Version

Psalms 142:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way <FI>in<Fi> which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.”

Psalms 142:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 142:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“ 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. ”

Psalms 142:3 — Darby Translation

Psalms 142:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Though my spirit was in perplexitie in me, yet thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily layde a snare for me.”

Psalms 142:3 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 142:3 in Context — Psalms 142

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 shewed 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.

4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

5 I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

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What Does Psalms 142:3 Mean?

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