Psalm 143:3

The Passion Translation

My enemies have chased and caught me and crushed my life into dust. Now I’m living in the darkness of death’s shadow.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:6

He has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

Psalm 142:6

Please listen to my heart’s cry, for I am low and in desperate need of you! Rescue me from all those who persecute me, for I am no match for them.

Psalm 35:4

Humiliate those who seek my harm. Defeat them all! Frustrate their plans to defeat me and drive them back. Disgrace them all as they have devised their plans to disgrace me.

Psalm 7:5

Then let my enemy pursue and overtake me. Let them grind me into the ground. Let them take my life from me and drag my dignity through the dust! Pause in his presence

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the entire house of Israel. They keep saying, ‘We are as dry as these dead bones. Our nation has been completely destroyed, and we have lost all hope.’

Psalm 54:3

These violent men have risen up against me; heartless, ruthless men who care nothing about God seek to take my life. Pause in his presence

Psalm 7:6

Yahweh, arise in your anger against the anger of my enemies. Awaken your fury and stand up for me! Execute the judgment you have decreed against them.