Psalms 143:5
I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
In Context
4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
6I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:2You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
1 Samuel 17:45Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Psalms 77:5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Psalms 77:10Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
Isaiah 63:7I will tell of the loving kindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has given to us, and the great goodness towards the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
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 →