Psalms 142:3

142:3 Even when my strength leaves me, ¹ 

you watch my footsteps. ² 

In the path where I walk

they have hidden a trap for me.

Psalms 143:7

143:7 Answer me quickly, Lord!

My strength is fading. ³ 

Do not reject me, ⁴ 

or I will join ⁵  those descending into the grave. ⁶ 

[142:3]  ¹ tn Heb “my spirit grows faint.”

[142:3]  ² tn Heb “you know my path.”

[143:7]  ³ tn Heb “my spirit is failing.”

[143:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” (1) can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) can carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

[143:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will be equal with.”

[143:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “the pit.” The Hebrew noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit; cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. See Ps 28:1.