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I Stretch Out My Hands to You

Psalms 143:4

In 11 translations

BSB
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
KJV
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
WEB
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
ASV
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
LSV
And my spirit has become feeble in me, || My heart has become desolate within me.
YLT
And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.
DBY
And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
DRC142:4
And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled.
GNV
And my spirit was in perplexitie in me, and mine heart within me was amased.
JPS
And my spirit fainteth within me; my heart within me is appalled.
LXXE142:4
Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף עָלַ֣י רוּחִ֑י בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗י יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם לִבִּֽי׃
LXX-Br142:4
καὶ ἠκηδίασεν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τὸ πνεῦμά μου· ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
  • Psalms 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
  • Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
  • Psalms 102:3–4For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
  • Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
  • Psalms 124:4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
  • Psalms 25:16Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
  • Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
  • Psalms 119:81–83My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?” Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
  • Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Job 6:27You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 142:4 in some Bibles
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