Psalm 143:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

The enemy

Psalm 142:6

Smitten

Psalm 7:5

2 Samuel 2:22

2 Samuel 18:11

Made me

Psalm 31:12

Psalm 88:4

Ezekiel 37:11

Bible References

The enemy

O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge. Save me from all [who] pursue me, and deliver me.

from [the] {presence} of [the] wicked who destroy me, [those] enemies against my life, [they that] surround me.

Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated. Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed.

For foreigners have risen against me, and ruthless [men] seek my life. They have not set God before them. Selah

Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.

Smitten

let the enemy of my soul pursue, and overtake and trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

So Abner said to Asahel {once again}, "{For your own sake}, turn aside {from following me}. Why should I strike you down to the ground? How could I {show my face} to Joab your brother?"

Then Joab said to the man who [was] telling him, "Look, [if] you saw, why did you not strike him down to the ground there? {I would have gladly given you} ten pieces of silver and a leather belt."

Made me

I have become forgotten like [one] dead, out of {mind}. I am like a destroyed vessel.

I am reckoned with [those] descending to [the] pit. I am like a man without strength,

And he said to me, "Son of man, these bones [are] all of the house of Israel; look! [they are] saying, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is destroyed; {we are cut off as far as we are concerned}.'