Psalms 143:4
And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
In Context
5I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.
Cross References
Job 6:27Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.
Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
Psalms 77:3I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah.
Psalms 102:1A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.
Psalms 119:81[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way [in] which I walk, They have hid 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 →