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Psalm 143:3
New English Translation
Psalm 143:3
New English Translation
3 Certainly[a] my enemies[b] chase me.
They smash me into the ground.[c]
They force me to live[d] in dark regions,[e]
like those who have been dead for ages.
Footnotes
- Psalm 143:3 tn Or “for.”
- Psalm 143:3 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).
- Psalm 143:3 tn Heb “he crushes on the ground my life.”
- Psalm 143:3 tn Or “sit.”
- Psalm 143:3 sn 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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