Certainly ¹  my enemies ²  chase me. They smash me into the ground. ³  They force me to live ⁴  in dark regions, ⁵  like those who have been dead for ages.

biblegateway Psa 143:3

For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead.

The enemy has pursued me. He has ground my life into the dirt. He has made me live in dark places like those who have died long ago.

biblegateway Psa 143:3

The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead.

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.

bibleoremus Psa 143:3

For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those long dead.

An enemy has hunted me down, has crushed me underfoot, and left me to lie in darkness like those long dead.

biblegateway Psa 143:3

For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in darkness, Like those who have long been dead.

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.

biblegateway Psa 143:3

Certainly ¹  my enemies ²  chase me. They smash me into the ground. ³  They force me to live ⁴  in dark regions, ⁵  like those who have been dead for ages.

¹ tn Or “for.”

² tn 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).

³ tn Heb “he crushes on the ground my life.”

⁴ tn Or “sit.”

⁵ sn Dark regions refers to Sheol, which the psalmist views as a dark place located deep in the ground (see Ps 88:6).