Tree of Life Version
Psalms 143:5
5I remember the days of old. I meditate on all You have done. I ponder the work of Your hands.
Psalms 143:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
- New International Version (NIV)I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I muse on the work of Your hands.
Context of Psalms 143:5
3For an enemy pursues my soul. He crushes my life down to the ground. He makes me dwell in darkness, like those long dead. 4So my spirit grows faint within me. My heart is shocked within me. I remember the days of old. I meditate on all You have done. I ponder the work of Your hands. 6I spread forth my hands to You. My soul longs for You as a parched land. Selah 7Answer me speedily, Adonai— my spirit fails. Hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the Pit.
Read all of Psalms 143Psalms 143:5 word by word
זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי יָמִ֨ים׀ מִקֶּ֗דֶם הָגִ֥יתִי בְכָל־פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ אֲשׂוֹחֵֽחַ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 143:5
- Psalms 42:6Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why are you murmuring within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, for the salvation of His presence.
- Psalms 77:5You hold my eyelids open— I am so troubled—I cannot speak.
- Psalms 111:4He made His wonders memorable. Adonai is gracious and full of compassion.
- Deuteronomy 8:2You are to remember all the way that Adonai your God has led you these 40 years in the wilderness—in order to humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His mitzvot or not.
- 1 Samuel 17:34But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb out of the flock,
- Isaiah 63:7I will remember the lovingkindnesses of Adonai, the praises of Adonai, according to all that Adonai has granted us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He has granted them according to His compassion, and according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.
- Micah 6:5O My people, remember, please: What did Balak, king of Moab, propose? What did Balaam son of Beor answer him? From Shittim as far as Gilgal, so that you might acknowledge the righteous acts of Adonai.”
Commentaries on Psalms 143:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I remember the days of old - Former times. (1) as contrasted with my present condition. (2) as times when I called upon thee, and thou didst interpose. (3) as encouraging me now to come to thee, and spread out my case before thee. See Psalm 77:5-11, note; Psalm 42:4, note. I meditate on all thy works - On what thou hast done; on thy gracious interpositions in the time of trial; on the manifestations of thy power in my behalf, and in behalf of thy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Remembering God’s acts from the past reassures the psalmist of God’s faithfulness (Psalms 42:4; 63:6; 77:3, 6; 119:55).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. The distress is aggravated by the contrast of former comfort (Psa 22:3-5), for whose return he longs. a thirsty land--which needs rain, as did his spirit God's gracious visits (Psa 28:1; 89:17).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 5I remember the days of yore when You performed for us many wondrous miracles.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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