Psalms 143:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help: 5 My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care. 6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.
  • Ps 142:6 : 6 Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.
  • Lam 3:6 : 6 He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.
  • 2 Sam 2:22 : 22 Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.
  • 2 Sam 18:11 : 11 And Joab said to the man who had given him the news, If you saw this, why did you not put your sword through him, and I would have given you ten bits of silver and a band for your robe?
  • Ps 7:1-2 : 1 <Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free; 2 So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
  • Ps 7:5 : 5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
  • Ps 17:9-9 : 9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death. 10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride. 11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth; 12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places. 13 Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.
  • Ps 31:12-13 : 12 I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel. 13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lam 3:2-7
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    2By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

    3Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.

    4My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

    5He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.

    6He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

    7He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.

  • Ps 143:4
    84%

    4Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Ps 7:5
    82%

    5Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

  • Ps 13:2-4
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    79%

    2How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

    3Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

    4And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

  • Lam 3:53
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    53They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.

  • Ps 88:3-6
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    3For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

    4I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

    5My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

    6You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

  • Job 17:13
    78%

    13If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;

  • Lam 3:11
    78%

    11By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

  • Lam 1:13
    77%

    13From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.

  • Ps 55:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

    4My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

  • Ps 63:9
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    9But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 142:3
    77%

    3When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

  • Ps 71:10
    77%

    10For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Ps 116:3
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    3The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 120:6
    76%

    6My soul has long been living with the haters of peace.

  • Ps 54:3
    76%

    3For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    76%

    9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

    10My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

  • Ps 22:15
    75%

    15My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

  • Ps 57:6
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    6They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

  • Ps 9:13
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    13Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

  • Ps 42:9
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    9I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • Job 3:5
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    5Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

  • Ps 143:7
    75%

    7Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 43:2
    75%

    2You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • Ps 6:3
    75%

    3My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

  • Job 30:16
    75%

    16But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

  • Lam 3:17
    75%

    17My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

  • Ps 18:5
    75%

    5The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • Ps 59:3
    75%

    3For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

  • Lam 1:21
    75%

    21Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    75%

    6The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • Ps 30:3
    75%

    3O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • Ps 6:7
    75%

    7My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

  • Job 14:13
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    13If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • Ps 88:14
    75%

    14Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

  • Job 13:24
    74%

    24Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

  • Job 10:22
    74%

    22A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

  • Job 19:8
    74%

    8My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.