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Psalms 143:4
4So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
Psalms 143:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear.
Context of Psalms 143:4
2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you. 3The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead. So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed. 5I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. 6I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.
Read all of Psalms 143Psalms 143:4 word by word
וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף עָלַ֣י רוּחִ֑י בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗י יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 143:4
- Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- Psalms 77:3I remembered you, God, and I groaned; I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.
- Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, Lord; let my cry for help come to you.
- Psalms 124:4the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
- Psalms 142:3When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.
- Job 6:27You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
- Psalms 25:16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
- Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
- Psalms 119:81My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
- Luke 22:44And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to 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
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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
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