PSA 142:3 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὅτι κατεδίωξεν ὁ ἐχθρὸς τὴν ψυχήν μου· ἐταπείνωσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ζωήν μου, ἐκάθισέ με ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος,
(Hoti katediōxen ho eⱪthros taʸn psuⱪaʸn mou; etapeinōsen eis taʸn gaʸn taʸn zōaʸn mou, ekathise me en skoteinois hōs nekrous aiōnos, )

BrTr For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead.

ULT When my spirit is weak within me,
⇔ you yourself know my path.
⇔ Along this path I walk
⇔ they have hidden a trap for me.

UST When I am very discouraged,
⇔ you know what I should do.
⇔ Wherever I walk, it is as though my enemies have hidden traps for me to fall into.

BSB ⇔ Although my spirit grows faint within me,
⇔ You know my way.
⇔ Along the path I travel
⇔ they have hidden a snare for me.

OEB ⇔ When my spirit is faint within me,
⇔ my path is known to you.
⇔ In the way I am wont to walk in,
⇔ they have hidden a trap for me.

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Even when my strength leaves me,
⇔ you watch my footsteps.
⇔ In the path where I walk
⇔ they have hidden a trap for me.

LSV When my spirit has been feeble in me,
Then You have known my path; In the way [in] which I walk,
They have hid a snare for me.

FBV When I'm totally discouraged, you know the direction I should take. But whichever way I go, people set traps for me.

T4T When I am very discouraged,
⇔ you know what I should do.
⇔ Wherever I walk, it is as though my enemies have hidden traps for me to fall into.

LEB • When my spirit faints within me, you know my way.
• On the path where I walk,
• they have hidden a trap for me;

BBE When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

Moff when my spirits faint.
⇔ They have laid a hidden snare for me
⇔ on the road I have to go;

JPS (142-4) When my spirit fainteth within me — Thou knowest my path — in the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.

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

DRA For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my life to the earth. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been dead of old:

YLT 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.

Drby 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.

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

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.
(When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou/you knew my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily/secretly laid a snare for me. )

KJB-1611 When my spirit was ouerwhelmed within mee, then thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily laid a snare for me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps When my spirite was ouerwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked they haue priuily layde a snare for me.
(When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou/you knew my path: in the way wherein I walked they have privily/secretly laid a snare for me.)

Gnva 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.
(Though my spirit was in perplexitie in me, yet thou/you knew my path: in the way wherein I walked, have they privily/secretly laid a snare for me. )

Cvdl I loke vpon my right honde & se, there is no man that wil knowe me. I haue no place to fle vnto, no man careth for my soule.
(I look upon my right hand and se, there is no man that will know me. I have no place to flee unto, no man careth for my soul.)

Wycl For the enemy pursuede my soule; he made lowe my lijf in erthe. He hath set me in derk placis, as the deed men of the world,
(For the enemy pursued my soul; he made lowe my life in earth. He hath/has set me in derk placis, as the deed men of the world,)

Luth ich schütte meine Rede vor ihm aus und zeige an vor ihm meine Not.
(I schütte my Rede before/in_front_of him out_of and zeige at before/in_front_of him my Not.)

ClVg Quia persecutus est inimicus animam meam; humiliavit in terra vitam meam; collocavit me in obscuris, sicut mortuos sæculi.[fn]
(Because persecutus it_is inimicus the_soul meam; humiliavit in earth/land life meam; collocavit me in obscuris, like mortuos sæculi. )

142.3 Quia persecutis. CAS. Secunda pars, ubi est narratio malorum quæ patitur, et quid contra egerit.

142.3 Because persecutis. CAS. Secunda pars, where it_is narratio malorum which patitur, and quid on_the_contrary egerit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

my spirit is weak within me

(Some words not found in UHB: pour_out to/for,before_of,him complaint_of,my trouble_of,my before,face/front,him tell )

Alternate translation: “I am weak” or “I am extremely discouraged”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

you know my path

(Some words not found in UHB: pour_out to/for,before_of,him complaint_of,my trouble_of,my before,face/front,him tell )

“you know the path I should take.” The psalmist speaks as if what a person does were a path that that person walked along. Alternate translation: “you know the way I should live”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

In the way that I walk they have hidden a trap for me

(Some words not found in UHB: pour_out to/for,before_of,him complaint_of,my trouble_of,my before,face/front,him tell )

The psalmist speaks of people wanting to harm him as if they were trying to trap an animal. Alternate translation: “They are making plans so that whatever I do they can harm me”

Parallel PSA 142:3