Psalms 143:4
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
KJV
Homo vanitati similis factus est ; dies ejus sicut umbra prætereunt.
Vulgate
ἄνθρωπος ματαιότητι ὡμοιώθη, αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ σκιὰ παράγουσιν.
LXX
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
ASV
וַ/תִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף עָלַ֣/י רוּחִ֑/י בְּ֝/תוֹכִ֗/י יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם לִבִּֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הַעֲטִ֥יף
h'typ
verb · 15×
י
y
noun · 591×
נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙
nshmv
verb · 86×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But what is the meaning of, not to be wise above what is written? It is written, Matthew 7:3 Why do you behold the mote that is in your brothers's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in your own eye? and Judge not, that you be not judged. For if we are one and are mutually bound together, it behooves us not to rise up against one another. For he that humbles himself sh…
Cross-references
- 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.
- Ps 25:16 — Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
- Ps 55:5 — Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
- Ps 57:6 — They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 77:3 — I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
- Ps 77:3 — I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
- Ps 102:1 — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
- Ps 102:3 — For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 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.
- Rom 8:26 — Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.