Psalm 143:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

And Joab said unto the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

2 Samuel 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?

Psalm 142:6

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

Psalm 35:4

Let them be ashamed and brought to dishonour that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

Psalm 54:3

For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. Selah

Psalm 7:5

Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Psalm 7:6

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries: And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgement.

Lamentations 3:6

He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

Ezekiel 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 up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.

Micah 7:8

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.