Psalm 142:3
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
עָטַף
ʻâṭaph
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אֹרַח
ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָטַף ʻâṭaph
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
Study H5848 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
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, in...
Study H3045 →פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →רוּחַ rûwach
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...
Study H7307 →Cross References
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Let 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 hid snares for my feet.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
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