Psalm 142:3

Good News Translation (US Version)

When I am ready to give up, he knows what I should do. In the path where I walk, my enemies have hidden a trap for me.

Cross References

Psalm 141:9

Protect me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those evildoers.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have set a trap for me; they have laid their snares, and along the path they have set traps to catch me.

Jeremiah 18:22

Send a mob to plunder their homes without warning; make them cry out in terror. They have dug a pit for me to fall in and have set traps to catch me.

Psalm 143:4

So I am ready to give up; I am in deep despair.

Psalm 61:2

In despair and far from home I call to you! Take me to a safe refuge,

Psalm 102:4

I am beaten down like dry grass; I have lost my desire for food.

Psalm 77:3

When I think of God, I sigh; when I meditate, I feel discouraged.

Psalm 56:6

They gather in hiding places and watch everything I do, hoping to kill me.

Psalm 31:4

Keep me safe from the trap that has been set for me; shelter me from danger.

Psalm 22:14

My strength is gone, gone like water spilled on the ground. All my bones are out of joint; my heart is like melted wax.

Psalm 1:6

The righteous are guided and protected by the Lord, but the evil are on the way to their doom.

Job 23:10

Yet God knows every step I take; if he tests me, he will find me pure.

Matthew 22:15

The Pharisees went off and made a plan to trap Jesus with questions.

Psalm 17:3

You know my heart. You have come to me at night; you have examined me completely and found no evil desire in me. I speak no evil,

Psalm 62:9

Human beings are all like a puff of breath; great and small alike are worthless. Put them on the scales, and they weigh nothing; they are lighter than a mere breath.

Psalm 102:1

Listen to my prayer, O Lord, and hear my cry for help!

Lamentations 2:19

All through the night get up again and again to cry out to the Lord; Pour out your heart and beg him for mercy on your children— Children starving to death on every street corner!