Psalms 143:4
When my spirit failed me, then thou newest my paths.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
In Context
3In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:
Cross References
Job 6:27You rush in upon the fatherless, and you endeavour to overthrow your friend.
Psalms 55:5at the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.
Psalms 77:3In the day of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up to him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be comforted:
Psalms 102:1The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.
Psalms 142:3Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
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 →