Psalms 143:4
2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3 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.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
- KJV
- Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
- WEB
- Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
- ASV
- Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
- DARBY
- And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
- BLB
- So my spirit through me has grown weak, [and] within me my heart is desolate.
- ÅB
- Og min ånd er vansmektet i meg, mitt hjerte er forferdet inneni meg.
- OTB
- Derfor er min ånd kraftløs i meg;
Mitt hjerte er forferdet i meg. - B1930
- Og min ånd er vansmektet i mig, mitt hjerte er forferdet inneni mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Read in contextPsalms 77:3
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 102:3–4
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Read in contextPsalms 55:5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Read in contextLuke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Read in contextPsalms 119:81–83
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Read in contextJob 6:27
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Read in contextPsalms 25:16
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
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