Go
Articles on

Psalm 142

Psa. 142:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
3
Whenb my spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
was overwhelmed
`ataph (Hebrew #5848)
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
KJV usage: cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
Pronounce: aw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
within me, then thou knewest
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
my path
nathiyb (Hebrew #5410)
or nthibah (Jeremiah 6:16) {neth-ee-baw'}; from an unused root meaning to tramp; a (beaten) track
KJV usage: path((-way)), X travel(-ler), way.
Pronounce: naw-theeb'
Origin: or (feminine) nthiybah {neth-ee-baw'}
. Inc the way
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
wherein
zuw (Hebrew #2098)
this or that
KJV usage: that, this, X wherein, which, whom.
Pronounce: zoo
Origin: for 2088
I walked
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
have they privily laid
taman (Hebrew #2934)
to hide (by covering over)
KJV usage: hide, lay privily, in secret.
Pronounce: taw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
a snare
pach (Hebrew #6341)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
KJV usage: gin, (thin) plate, snare.
Pronounce: pakh
Origin: from 6351
for me.
b
Psa. 143:4• 4And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. (Psa. 143:4)
c
Psa. 140:5• 5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah. (Psa. 140:5)

More on:

+
Snare,
Spirit

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
my spirit.
Psa. 22:14• 14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. (Psa. 22:14)
;
Psa. 61:2• 2From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me. (Psa. 61:2)
;
Psa. 102:4• 4My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread. (Psa. 102:4)
;
Psa. 143:4• 4And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. (Psa. 143:4)
;
Mark 14:33‑36• 33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; abide here and watch.
 35And, going forward a little, he fell upon the earth; and he prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
 36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: take away this cup from me; but not what *I* will, but what *thou* wilt. (Mark 14:33‑36)
then thou.
Psa. 1:6• 6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. (Psa. 1:6)
;
Psa. 17:3• 3Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word. (Psa. 17:3)
;
Psa. 139:2‑4• 2*Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
 3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
 4For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. (Psa. 139:2‑4)
;
Job 23:10• 10But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold. (Job 23:10)
In the way.
Psa. 31:4• 4Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength. (Psa. 31:4)
;
Psa. 35:7‑8• 7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.
 8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein. (Psa. 35:7‑8)
;
Psa. 56:6• 6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul. (Psa. 56:6)
;
Psa. 140:5• 5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah. (Psa. 140:5)
;
Psa. 141:9• 9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity. (Psa. 141:9)
;
Jer. 18:22• 22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and have hidden snares for my feet. (Jer. 18:22)
;
Matt. 22:15• 15Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking. (Matt. 22:15)
• (vv. 3-5) Though his spirit is overwhelmed with grief, his confidence is that the Lord knows every detail of his path. All that follows in his prayer flows from this confidence that all is known to the Lord. (“Psalms 142” by H. Smith)
• In his path there are snares for his feet hidden by the enemy; but nothing is hidden from the Lord who knows his path. (“Psalms 142” by H. Smith)
• But there is another comfort here; he was in the path of God. And from this grew the sense, of immense importance in the times of trial, that God knew, acknowledged, and had His eye on, as accepting it, the faithful man's path. This is a fountain of strength and comfort. It supposes faith—that realizing that one's way is pleasing to God suffices. The spirit may be overwhelmed by the pressure of enmity and desertion, but the soul is in peace, resting in the approbation of God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 139-143” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
3
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.