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Psalms 143:3

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.

KJV

Domine, quid est homo, quia innotuisti ei ? aut filius hominis, quia reputas eum ?

Vulgate

Κύριε, τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι ἐγνώσθης αὐτῷ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι λογίζῃ αὐτόν;

LXX

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

ASV

כִּ֥י רָ֘דַ֤ף אוֹיֵ֨ב נַפְשִׁ֗/י דִּכָּ֣א לָ֭/אָרֶץ חַיָּתִ֑/י הוֹשִׁיבַ֥/נִי בְ֝/מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים כְּ/מֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
verb · 282×
י
y
noun · 752×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 144×
מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים
mchshkym
noun · 6×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
תְּדַכְּא֣וּ
tdk'v
verb · 18×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 2:22 — And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
  • 2Sam 18:11 — And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
  • Ezek 37:11 — Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
  • Lam 3:6 — He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
  • Lam 3:6 — He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
  • Ps 7:1 — O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
  • Ps 7:5 — Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
  • Ps 13:2 — How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
  • Ps 17:9 — From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
  • Ps 31:12 — I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
  • Ps 31:15 — My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
  • Ps 35:4 — Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
  • Ps 40:2 — He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
  • Ps 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
  • Ps 54:3 — For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
  • Ps 88:3 — For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
  • Ps 88:4 — I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
  • Ps 88:6 — Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
  • Ps 141:8 — But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
  • Ps 142:6 — Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.