Psalms 143:4

Man is like to vanity: 1 His days pass as a shadow. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? 1 Or the son of man, that thou takest account of him? 1

5O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: 1 Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 1

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Cross References

Job 6:27Even because ye attack the fatherless, 1 And insult your friend. 1

Psalms 55:5In God I will praise my words; 1 All the day have I hoped in God; 1 I will not fear what flesh shall do to me. 1

Psalms 77:3All which we have heard and known, 1 And our fathers have declared to us. 1

Psalms 102:1A Psalm of David. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; 1 And all that is within me, bless his holy name. 1

Psalms 142:3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; 1 He has brought my life down to the ground; 1 He has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead. 1

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 →

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