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Whenבְּmy spiritרוּחִיgrows faintהִתְעַטֵּףwithin me,עָלַיyouוְאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּmy pathway;נְתִיבָתִיin the pathבְּאֹרַחwhereזוּI walkאֲהַלֵּךְthey have hiddenטָמְנוּa snareפַחfor me.לִי
Psalms 142:3
Study it in the app“When my spirit grows faint within me, you know my pathway; in the path where I walk they have hidden a snare for me.”
From the cave, David pours out his complaint and distress before GodPrayer“No one inquires after my soul,” says David, with a snare hidden on his pathLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 142:3, word by word
- my spiritרוּחִruchi
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruchi” appears- grows faintהִתְעַטֵּףhitatef
grow faint
To lose all strength.
Where else “hitatef” appears- knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- my pathwayנְתִיבָתִnetivati
path
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “netivati” appears- in the pathאֹרַחorach
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “orach” appears- whereזוּzu
which
Joins a clause to what has just been named (in poetry).
Where else “zu” appears- I walkאֲהַלֵּךְahalech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “ahalech” appears- they have hiddenטָמְנוּtamnu
hide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “tamnu” appears- a snareפַחfach
snare
A bird trap; a hidden danger.
Where else “fach” appears
The context
2I pour out before him my complaint; my distress before him I declare.
3 · This verse (above)
4Look to the right and see: there is no one who recognizes me; escape has perished from me; there is no one who inquires after my soul.