New Living Translation
Psalms 143:4
4I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear.
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
2Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you. 3My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave. I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear. 5I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done. 6I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
Read all of Psalms 143Psalms 143:4 word by word
וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף עָלַ֣י רוּחִ֑י בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗י יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 143:4
- Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can’t stop shaking.
- Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety,
- Psalms 77:3I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help. Interlude
- Psalms 102:1Lord, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!
- Psalms 124:4The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
- Psalms 142:3When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me.
- Job 6:27You would even send an orphan into slavery or sell a friend.
- Psalms 25:16Turn to me and have mercy, for I am alone and in deep distress.
- Psalms 102:3For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
- Psalms 119:81I am worn out waiting for your rescue, but I have put my hope in your word.
- Luke 22:44He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.
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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