Psalm 142:3 {141:4}
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When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths. In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me.

my spirit

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

Psalm 61:2 To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;

Psalm 102:4 I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.

Psalm 143:4 And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled.

Mark 14:33-36 And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to fear and to be heavy. . . .

then thou

Psalm 1:6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 17:3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

Psalm 139:2-4 Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up. . . .

Job 23:10 But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

in the way

Psalm 31:4 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

Psalm 35:7,8 For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul. . . .

Psalm 56:6 They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

Psalm 140:5 The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.

Psalm 141:9 Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.

Jeremiah 18:22 Let a cry be heard out of their houses: for thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly: because they have digged a pit to take me, and have hid snares for my feet.

Matthew 22:15 Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.

Context
I Lift My Voice to the LORD
2In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble: 3When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths. In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me.4I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.…
Cross References
Psalm 77:3
I remembered God, and was delighted, and was exercised, and my spirit swooned away.

Psalm 140:5
The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.

Psalm 143:4
And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled.

Jonah 2:7
I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Lord, my God.

Lexicon
Although my spirit
רוּחִ֗י (rū·ḥî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

grows faint
בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֬ף (bə·hiṯ·‘aṭ·ṭêp̄)
Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5848: To shroud, clothe, to languish

within me,
עָלַ֨י ׀ (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

You
וְאַתָּה֮ (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

know
יָדַ֪עְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

my way.
נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י (nə·ṯî·ḇā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5410: Path, pathway

Along the path
בְּאֹֽרַח־ (bə·’ō·raḥ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan

I travel
אֲהַלֵּ֑ךְ (’ă·hal·lêḵ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

they have hidden
טָמְנ֖וּ (ṭā·mə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2934: To hide, conceal

a snare
פַ֣ח (p̄aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6341: A, sheet, a spring net

for me.
לִֽי׃ (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privately laid a snare for me.

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

When my spirit was fainting within me, then thou knewest my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me.

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.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.

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.

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.

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.
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