Text -- Psalms 143:3 (NET)

143:3 Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 143:3

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).