Psalms 143:4
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
In Context
5I remember the days of old. I meditate on all thy doings. I muse on the work of thy hands.
Cross References
Job 6:27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
Psalms 55:5Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Psalms 77:3I remember God, and am disquieted. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to thee.
Psalms 119:81My soul faints for thy salvation. I hope in thy word.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 143:2-7
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 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. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate… Read the whole commentary →