Psalms 143:4
Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
In Context
5O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Cross References
Job 6:27Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.
Psalms 55:5In God I will praise my words; all the day have I hoped in God; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.
Psalms 77:3All which we have heard and known, and our fathers have declared to us.
Psalms 102:1A Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Psalms 142:3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead.
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 →