Psalms 143 · Verse 5

Psalms 143:5

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Psalms 143:5, King James Version

Psalms 143:5 in other translations

BSBI remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
WEBI remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
ASVI remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.
YLTI have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.
DARBYI remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands.
BBEI keep in mind the early days of the past, giving thought to all your acts, even to the work of your hands.
WebsterI remember the days of old, I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

What does Psalms 143:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 143:5-6
5-6. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 I remember the days of old - Thou hast often helped me, often delivered me. I will therefore trust in thee, for thy mercy is not clean gone from me.

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 143:5 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.

זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּיza.Khar.tiI have rememberedH2142
יָמִ֨ים\׀ya.MimdaysH3117
מִקֶּ֗דֶםmi.Ke.demfrom antiquityH6924
הָגִ֥יתִיha.Gi.tiI have meditatedH1897
בְכָל\־ve.khol-on everyH3605
פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָpo.'o.Le.khadeed yourH6467
בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖הbe.ma.'a.Sehon [the] work ofH4639
יָדֶ֣יךָya.Dei.khahands yourH3027
אֲשׂוֹחֵֽחַ\׃'a.so.Che.achI meditateH7878

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Cross references for Psalms 143:5

  • Psalms 77:10-12

    And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

  • Psalms 77:5-6

    I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

  • Micah 6:5

    O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

  • Psalms 111:4

    He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.

  • 1 Samuel 17:45-50

    Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands. And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. …

  • Isaiah 63:7-14

    I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. …

  • 1 Samuel 17:34-37

    And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.

  • Psalms 42:6

    O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

  • Deuteronomy 8:2-3

    And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

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remember.
42:6; 77:5,6,10-12; 111:4; De 8:2,3; 1Sa 17:34-37,45-50
Isa 63:7-14; Mic 6:5

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 143:6

    I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

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Psalms 143:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Acordéme de los días antiguos; meditaba en todas tus obras; reflexionaba en las obras de tus manos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je me souviens des jours d’autrefois, je pense à tous tes actes, je médite les œuvres de tes mains.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich gedenke der Tage der Vorzeit, überlege all dein Tun; ich sinne über das Werk deiner Hände.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Domine, inclina cælos tuos, et descende; tange montes, et fumigabunt.