Psalm 143:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.

Young's Literal Translation
For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
For
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the enemy
אוֹיֵ֨ב ׀ (’ō·w·yêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

has pursued
רָ֘דַ֤ף (rā·ḏap̄)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

my soul,
נַפְשִׁ֗י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

crushing
דִּכָּ֣א (dik·kā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1792: To crumble, to bruise

my life
חַיָּתִ֑י (ḥay·yā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

to the ground,
לָ֭אָרֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

making me dwell
הוֹשִׁיבַ֥נִי (hō·wō·šî·ḇa·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in darkness
בְ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים (ḇə·ma·ḥă·šak·kîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4285: Darkness, a dark place

like those long since
עוֹלָֽם׃ (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

dead.
כְּמֵתֵ֥י (kə·mê·ṯê)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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