Psalms 143:5
I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.
Young's Literal Translation
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
4And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.
6I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul [is] as a weary land for Thee. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:2and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which [is] in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.
1 Samuel 17:45And David saith unto the Philistine, 'Thou art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming unto thee in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which thou hast reproached.
Psalms 77:5I have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages.
Psalms 77:10And I say: 'My weakness is, The changes of the right hand of the Most High.'
Isaiah 63:7The kind acts of Jehovah I make mention of, The praises of Jehovah, According to all that Jehovah hath done for us, And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, That He hath done for them, According to His mercies, And according to the abundance of His kind acts.
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 →