And my spirit was in perplexity in me, and mine [a]heart within me was amazed.

Yet do I remember the time [b]past: I meditate in all thy works, yea, I do meditate in the works of thine hands.

I stretch forth mine hands unto thee: my soul desireth after thee, as the thirsty land. Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:4 So that only by faith and by the grace of God’s Spirit was he upheld.
  2. Psalm 143:5 To wit, thy great benefits of old, and the manifold examples of thy favor towards thine.

So my spirit grows faint within me;
    my heart within me is dismayed.(A)
I remember(B) the days of long ago;
    I meditate(C) on all your works
    and consider what your hands have done.
I spread out my hands(D) to you;
    I thirst for you like a parched land.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.