Psalm 143:4
New International Version
So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.

New Living Translation
I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear.

English Standard Version
Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

Berean Standard Bible
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.

King James Bible
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

New King James Version
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is distressed.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore my spirit feels weak within me; My heart is appalled within me.

NASB 1995
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is appalled within me.

NASB 1977
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is appalled within me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore my spirit was faint within me; My heart was appalled within me.

Amplified Bible
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness]; My heart grows numb within me.

Christian Standard Bible
My spirit is weak within me; my heart is overcome with dismay.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My spirit is weak within me; my heart is overcome with dismay.

American Standard Version
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
My spirit is troubled against me and my heart is moved within me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me.

Contemporary English Version
I have given up hope, and I feel numb all over.

Douay-Rheims Bible
and my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled.

English Revised Version
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is why I begin to lose hope and my heart is in a state of shock.

Good News Translation
So I am ready to give up; I am in deep despair.

International Standard Version
As a result, my spirit is desolate within me, and my mind within me is appalled.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And my spirit fainteth within me; My heart within me is appalled.

Literal Standard Version
And my spirit has become feeble in me, | My heart has become desolate within me.

Majority Standard Bible
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.

New American Bible
My spirit is faint within me; my heart despairs.

NET Bible
My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

World English Bible
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

Young's Literal Translation
And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
I Stretch Out My Hands to You
3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead. 4My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me. 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.…

Cross References
Psalm 25:16
Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.

Psalm 77:3
I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

Psalm 109:22
For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

Psalm 142:3
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Lamentations 3:11
He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.


Treasury of Scripture

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

is my spirit

Psalm 55:5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 77:3
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

my heart

Psalm 25:16
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

Psalm 102:3,4
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth…

Psalm 119:81-83
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word…

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Psalm 143
1. David prays for favor in judgment
3. He complains of his grief
5. He strengthens his faith by meditation and prayer
7. He prays for grace
9. For deliverance
10. For sanctification
12. For destruction of his enemies














(4) See Psalm 142:3, and Notes.

Is desolate.--Or, more literally, as in Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5, &c, wondered; literally, fills itself with astonishment.

Verse 4. - Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; or, "faint within me" (see Psalm 42:3). My heart within me is desolate (comp. Psalm 40:15).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
My spirit
רוּחִ֑י (rū·ḥî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

grows faint
וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף (wat·tiṯ·‘aṭ·ṭêp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5848: To shroud, clothe, to languish

within me;
עָלַ֣י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my heart
לִבִּֽי׃ (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

is dismayed
יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם (yiš·tō·w·mêm)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy

inside me.
בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗י (bə·ṯō·w·ḵî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre


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