Psalm 143:3

New King James Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:11

So Joab said to the man who told him, “You just saw him! And why did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt.”

2 Samuel 2:22

So Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I face your brother Joab?”

Psalm 142:6

Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.

Psalm 35:4

Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor Who seek after my life; Let those be turned back and brought to confusion Who plot my hurt.

Psalm 54:3

For strangers have risen up against me, And oppressors have sought after my life; They have not set God before them. Selah

Psalm 7:5

Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor in the dust. Selah

Psalm 7:6

Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded!

Lamentations 3:6

He has set me in dark places 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. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’

Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me.