Psalm 143:3
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143:3Certainly3 my enemies4 chase me.
They smash me into the ground.5
They force me to live6 in dark regions,7
like those who have been dead for ages.
Footnotes
- 3 Or “for.”
- 4 Heb “an enemy.” The singular is used in a representative sense to describe a typical member of the larger group of enemies (note the plural “enemies” in vv. 9, 12).
- 5 Heb “he crushes on the ground my life.”
- 6 Or “sit.”
- 7 Dark regions refers to Sheol, which the psalmist views as a dark place located deep in the ground (see Ps 88:6).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
For the enemy has pursued my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground;
he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness
like those long dead.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.
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NLTNew Living Translation
My enemy has chased me.
He has knocked me to the ground
and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
For the enemy has pursued my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground.
He has made me dwell in dark places
like those long dead.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;
He hath smitten my life down to the ground;
He hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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