Psalm 143:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ For the enemy has pursued me; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For the enemy has pursued and persecuted my soul, he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ The enemy is chasing me, crushing my life in the dirt, forcing me to live in the dark like those who’ve been dead forever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ O Lord, what is man that you have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider him?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

Psalm 143:3 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:11

Joab said to the man who told him, “What, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a girdle.”

2 Samuel 2:22

And Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me; why should I smite you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?”

Psalm 142:6

Give heed to my cry; for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me!

Psalm 35:4

Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against me!

Psalm 54:3

For insolent men have risen against me, ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before them. Selah

Psalm 7:5

let the enemy pursue me and overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. Selah

Psalm 7:6

Arise, O Lord, in thy anger, lift thyself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; thou hast appointed a judgment.

Lamentations 3:6

he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.’

Micah 7:8

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.