Psalms 143:5
3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
4 My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
- KJV
- I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
- WEB
- I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
- ASV
- I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.
- DARBY
- I remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands.
- BLB
- I remember the days of antiquity; I have meditated on all Your deeds; I muse on the work of Your hands.
- ÅB
- Jeg kommer fordums dager i hu, jeg tenker på alt ditt verk, jeg grunder på dine henders gjerning.
- OTB
- Jeg minnes de gamle dager;
Jeg grunner på alle dine gjerninger;
Jeg tenker på dine henders verk. - B1930
- Jeg kommer fordums dager i hu, jeg tenker på alt ditt verk, jeg grunder på dine henders gjerning.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 77:10–12
So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
Read in contextPsalms 77:5–6
I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
Read in contextMicah 6:5
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
Read in contextPsalms 111:4
He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:45–50
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:7–14
I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:34–37
David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
Read in contextPsalms 42:6
O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
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