Psalms 143:3
For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַחְשָׁךְmachshâkdarkness; concretely, a dark place
- דָּכָאdâkâʼto crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
- רָדַףrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
- אֹיֵבʼôyêbhating; an adversary
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmproperly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- יָשַׁבyâshabproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwe
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lam 3:6, Psa 7:1–2, Psa 7:5, 2Sa 2:22, Psa 17:9–13, Psa 142:6, Psa 88:4–6, Psa 35:4