Psalm 143:3

New American Standard Bible 2020

For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:11

Then Joab said to the man who had informed him, “So behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And it would have been my duty to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”

2 Samuel 2:22

Then Abner repeated again to Asahel, “Turn aside for your own good from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I show my face to your brother Joab?”

Psalm 142:6

“Give Your attention to my cry, For I have been brought very low; Rescue me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.

Psalm 35:4

Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.

Psalm 54:3

For strangers have risen against me And violent men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah

Psalm 7:5

Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life to the ground And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Psalm 7:6

¶Arise, Lord, in Your anger; Raise Yourself against the rage of my enemies, And stir Yourself for me; You have ordered judgment.

Lamentations 3:6

He has made me live in dark places, Like those who have long been dead.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the entire house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’

Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice over me, enemy of mine. Though I fall I will rise; Though I live in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.