Psalms 143:4

Psalms 143:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
• New International Version (NIV)So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is distressed.

Context of Psalms 143:4

2And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous. 3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate. 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands. 6I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soulthirstethafter thee, as a weary land. [Selah

Psalms 143:4 word by word

וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף עָלַ֣י רוּחִ֑י בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗י יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

• spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074

Cross-references for Psalms 143:4

• Psalms 55:5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.
• Psalms 61:2From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
• Psalms 77:3I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. [Selah
• Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.
• Psalms 124:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
• Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
• Job 6:27Yea, ye would castlotsupon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
• Psalms 25:16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
• Psalms 102:3For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
• Psalms 119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation; ButI hope in thy word.
• Luke 22:44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

Commentaries on Psalms 143:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me - See the notes at Psalm 77:3. Compare Psalm 42:5-7. His spirit was broken and crushed. He was in a state of despair as to any human help. My heart within me is desolate - I have no comfort; no cheerfulness; no hope. My soul is like the waste desert where there is no water; where nothing grows; where there are only rocks and sands.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4My spirit grows faint within me: The psalmist admits his desperation as his life seems to slip away under cruel and powerful enemies.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. The exciting reason for his prayer--his afflictions--led to confession as just made: he now makes the complaint. as those that have been long dead--deprived of life's comforts (compare Psa 40:15; 88:3-6).Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 4is appalled Heb. ישתומם, an expression of daze and astonishment, like (Ezek. 3:15): “and I remained there overwhelmed (משמים) among them seven days.” Also (II Sam. 13:20): “and Tamar sat, overwhelmed (ושוממה).”Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 143:4

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Desolate
• Muse
• Psalms, Book of
• Spirit

Commentaries on Psalms 143

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings