Psalms 143:4
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Therefore is my spirit ouerwhelmed within me: my heart within me is desolate.
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- Psalms 142:3Rank 1 from verse 4
- Psalms 77:3Rank 2 from verse 4
- Luke 22:44Rank 3 from verse 4
- Psalms 102:3–4Rank 4 from verse 4
3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
3‖For my dayes are consumed like smoke: and my bones are burnt as an hearth.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grasse: so that I forget to eate my bread.
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- Psalms 119:81–83Rank 8 from verse 4
81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
81¶ My soule fainteth for thy saluation: but I hope in thy word.
82Mine eyes faile for thy word: saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
- Psalms 124:4Rank 9 from verse 4
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Psalms 143:4
Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references
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overwhelmed
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of overwhelm, meaning to overpower or bear down.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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1. Of a place or land, left empty, uninhabited, waste, ruined, barren, or without former use and fruitfulness. 2. Of a person or people, bereft, forsaken, solitary, or left without help, comfort, family, or support. 3. As a verb, to make empty, waste, ruined, or bereft.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
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3For 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.
3For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my life downe to the ground: hee hath made mee to dwell in darkenesse, as those that haue bene long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
4Therefore is my spirit ouerwhelmed within me: my heart within me is desolate.
Selected passage5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
5I remember the dayes of old, I meditate on all thy workes: I muse on the worke of thy hands.