Psalms 143:5 · KJV
“I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.”
— Psalms 143:5
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul {thirsteth} after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Psalms 143 — Context
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul {thirsteth} after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. {lest...: or, for I am become like, etc}
Cross References
Psalms 77:10-12
And I said, This {is} my infirmity: {but I will remember} the years of the right hand of the most High.
Psalms 77:5-6
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
1 Samuel 17:45-50
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Micah 6:5
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Psalms 111:4
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD {is} gracious and full of compassion.
1 Samuel 17:34-37
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: {lamb: or, kid}
Isaiah 63:7-14
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, {and} the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Deuteronomy 8:2-3
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, {and} to prove thee, to know what {was} in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.