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Psalms 142:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 142:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 142:36 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶשְׁפֹּ֣ךְʾešəpōkə
I pour outverbH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
לְ/פָנָ֣י/וləpānāyw
before himpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
שִׂיחִ֑/יśiyḥiy
complaint mynounH7879
communication · complaint · meditation · prayer ···
צָ֝רָתִ֗/יṣārātiy
trouble mynounH6869
adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···
לְ/פָנָ֥י/וləpānāyw
before himpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אַגִּֽידʾagiyd
I tellverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 142:3

1. ...“With my voice have I cried unto the Lord” Psalm 141:1. It were enough to say, “with voice:” not for nothing perhaps has “my” been added. For many cry unto the Lord, not with their own voice, but with the voice of their body. Let the “inner man” then, in whom “Christ” has begun to “dwell by faith,” Ephesians 3:17 cry unto the Lord, not with the din of his lips, but with the affection of his heart. God hears not, where man hears: unless you cry with the voice of lungs…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 142 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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