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Psalms 142:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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

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1 I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.

2 I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.

3 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.

4 Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

5 I cried to you, LORD. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

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"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me."

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"The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows."

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Psalms 142:1

"I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy."

Psalms 142:2

"I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles."

Psalms 142:4

"Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul."

Psalms 142:5

"I cried to you, LORD. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”"

Psalms 142:6

"Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me."

Psalms 142:7

"Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me."

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