Psalms 143:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde: he hath layde me in darknesse as men that haue ben long dead.

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  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pit: and I am nowe become a man that hath no strength. 5 I am free among the dead: like such as beyng kylled lye in a graue, whom thou remembrest no more, and are cut away from thy hande. 6 Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit: in darknes and in deepenes.
  • Ps 142:6 : 6 Consider my complaynt, for I am brought very lowe: deliuer me from my persecutours, for they are to strong for me.
  • Lam 3:6 : 6 He hath set me in darknesse, as they that be dead for euer.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Moreouer he said vnto me: Thou sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: Behold, they say, Our bones are dryed vp, our hope is gone, and we are cleane cut of.
  • 2 Sam 2:22 : 22 And Abner sayd agayne to Asahel, Depart fro me: Wherfore should I smite thee to the grounde, and not be able to holde vp my face to Ioab thy brother?
  • 2 Sam 18:11 : 11 And Ioab sayd vnto the man that told him: If thou diddest see him, why diddest not thou there smite him to the ground, and I would haue geuen thee ten sicles of siluer, and a gyrdle?
  • Ps 7:1-2 : 1 Siggaion of Dauid, whiche he song vnto God in the busines of Chus, the sonne of Iemini. O God my Lord, in thee I haue put my trust: saue me from all them that do persecute me, and deliuer thou me. 2 Lest he like a Lion seasoneth on my soule: teareth it in peeces, hauyng no rescue.
  • Ps 7:5 : 5 Then let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me: yea, let hym put me to death, and lay myne honour in the dust. Selah.
  • Ps 17:9-9 : 9 They haue inclosed them selues in their owne fat: with their mouth they speake proude thynges. 10 They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde where our way lyeth: they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow me downe on the grounde. 11 His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray: and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places. 12 Aryse O God, preuent his commyng, make hym to bowe: delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde. 13 Deliuer thou me O God from men which be thy hande: from men, from the worlde, whose portion is in this lyfe, whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy priuie treasure.
  • Ps 31:12-13 : 12 I became cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde: I became like a broken vessell. 13 For I haue hearde the villanie of the multitude, and feare was on euery side me: whyle they conspired together against me, and toke their counsell to take away my life.
  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe and brought to cofusion, that imagine mischiefe for me.
  • Ps 54:3 : 3 For straungers are rysen vp against me: and tirauntes whiche haue not the Lorde before their eyes, seeke after my soule. Selah.

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    2He droue me foorth and led me, yea into darknesse, but not into light.

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    5He hath buylded rounde about me, and closed me in with gall and trauaile.

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    5Then let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me: yea, let hym put me to death, and lay myne honour in the dust. Selah.

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    53They haue put downe my life into a pit, and they haue cast stones vpon me.

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    3For my soule is full of miserie: and my life toucheth the graue.

    4I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pit: and I am nowe become a man that hath no strength.

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    6Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit: in darknes and in deepenes.

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    3Deliuer me from the voyce of the enemie, and from the present affliction of the wicked: for they are minded to do me mischiefe, and are set malitiously against me.

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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thyne enemie?

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    8He hath hedged vp my way that I can not passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my pathes.