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I Stretch Out My Hands to You

Psalms 143:5

In 11 translations

BSB
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
KJV
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
WEB
I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
ASV
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.
LSV
I have remembered days of old, || I have meditated on all Your acts, || I muse on the work of Your hand.
YLT
I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.
DBY
I remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands.
DRC142:5
I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.
GNV
Yet do I remember the time past: I meditate in all thy workes, yea, I doe meditate in the workes of thine hands.
JPS
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy doing; I muse on the work of Thy hands.
LXXE142:5
I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.

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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
זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי יָמִ֨ים ׀ מִקֶּ֗דֶם הָגִ֥יתִי בְכָל־פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ אֲשׂוֹחֵֽחַ׃
LXX-Br142:5
Ἐμνήσθην ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων· καὶ ἐμελέτησα ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου, ἐν ποιήμασι τῶν χειρῶν σου ἐμελέτων.

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 77:10–12So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.” I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old. I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty…
  • Psalms 77:5–6I considered the days of old, the years long in the past. At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
  • Psalms 111:4He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
  • Micah 6:5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
  • 1 Samuel 17:45–50But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD…
  • 1 Samuel 17:34–37David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it…
  • Isaiah 63:7–14I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.…
  • Deuteronomy 8:2–3Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.…
  • Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.

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

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