Psalms 143:5

Hope Gratitude Comfort

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.

⁴ Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

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.

⁷ Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into 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
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
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Psalms 77:5–6
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
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Micah 6:5
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
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Psalms 111:4
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
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1 Samuel 17:45–50
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
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Isaiah 63:7–14
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
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1 Samuel 17:34–37
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
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Psalms 42:6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
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