Psalm 142:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

My spirit

Mark 14:33

Then thou

In the way

Matthew 22:15

General references

Psalm 86:7

Lamentations 3:55

Bible References

My spirit

I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
It is melted [by anguish] within me.

From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].

My heart has been struck like grass and withered,
Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness];
My heart grows numb within me.

He took Peter and James and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and troubled [extremely anguished at the prospect of what was to come].

Then thou

For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.

You have tried my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];
I intend that my mouth will not transgress.

You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.

“But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it].
When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].

In the way

You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength and my stronghold.

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

They attack, they hide and lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do evil.

Let an outcry be heard from their houses
When You suddenly bring [a troop of] raiders upon them,
For they have dug a pit to capture me
And have hidden snares for my feet.

Then the Pharisees went and conspired together plotting how to trap Him by [distorting] what He said.

General references

In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.

I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.