Psalms 143 · Verse 4

Psalms 143:4

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Psalms 143:4, King James Version

Psalms 143:4 in other translations

BSBMy spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
WEBTherefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
ASVTherefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
YLTAnd my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.
DARBYAnd my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
BBEBecause of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.
WebsterTherefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

What does Psalms 143:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 143:3-4

3-4. 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).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Therefore is my spirit - I am deeply depressed in spirit, and greatly afflicted in body. My heart within me is desolate - It has no companion of its sorrows, no sympathetic friend. I am utterly destitute of comfort.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 143:1-6

We have no righteousness of our own to plead, therefore must plead God's righteousness, and the word of promise which he has freely given us, and caused us to hope in. David, before he prays for the removal of his trouble, prays for the pardon of his sin, and depends upon mercy alone for it. He bemoans the weight upon his mind from outward troubles. But he looks back, and remembers God's former appearance for his…

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Psalms 143:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ףva.tit.'a.Tefand it has fainted awayH5848
עָלַ֣י'a.Laion meH5921
רוּחִ֑יru.Chispirit myH7307
בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗יbe.to.Khiin [the] midst of meH8432
יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥םyish.to.Memit is appalledH8074
לִבִּֽי\׃li.Biheart myH3820

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 143:4

  • Psalms 142:3

    When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

  • Psalms 77:3

    I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

  • Psalms 102:3-4

    For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

  • Psalms 55:5

    Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

  • Luke 22:44

    And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

  • Psalms 119:81-83

    כ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

  • Job 6:27

    Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

  • Psalms 25:16

    Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

  • Psalms 61:2

    From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

  • Psalms 102:1

    A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

  • Psalms 124:4

    Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
is my spirit.
55:5; 61:2; 77:3; 102:1; *title
124:4; 142:3; Job 6:27
my heart.
25:16; 102:3,4; 119:81-83; Lu 22:44

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 143:3

    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.

  • Psalms 143:4

    Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • Psalms 143:5

    I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

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Psalms 143:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y mi espíritu se angustió dentro de mí; pasmóse mi corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et mon esprit est accablé en moi, mon cœur est désolé au-dedans de moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und mein Geist ermattet in mir, mein Herz ist betäubt in meinem Innern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Homo vanitati similis factus est; dies ejus sicut umbra prætereunt.