Psa 143:3 | NET2full | STEP | 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 .

Psalms 143:3

3 Certainly ^{▼▼tn Or “for.”} my enemies ^{▼▼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).} chase me.
They smash me into the ground. ^{▼▼tn Heb “he crushes on the ground my life.”}
They force me to live ^{▼▼tn Or “sit.”} in dark regions, ^{▼▼sn Dark regions refers to Sheol, which the psalmist views as a dark place located deep in the ground (see Ps 88:6).}
like those who have been dead for ages.