Go
Articles on

Psalm 143

Psa. 143:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
4
Therefore is my spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
overwhelmed
`ataph (Hebrew #5848)
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
KJV usage: cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
Pronounce: aw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
within me; my heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
within
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
me is desolate
shamem (Hebrew #8074)
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
KJV usage: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
Pronounce: shaw-mame'
Origin: a primitive root
.

More on:

+
Heart,
Spirit

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
is my spirit.
Psa. 55:5• 5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. (Psa. 55:5)
;
Psa. 61:2• 2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (Psa. 61:2)
;
Psa. 77:3• 3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. (Psa. 77:3)
;
Psa. 102:1• 1<<A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.>> Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee. (Psa. 102:1)
;
Psa. 102•  (Psa. 102)
:*title;
Psa. 124:4• 4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: (Psa. 124:4)
;
Psa. 142:3• 3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. (Psa. 142:3)
;
Job 6:27• 27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. (Job 6:27)
my heart.
Psa. 25:16• 16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. (Psa. 25:16)
;
Psa. 102:3‑4• 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. (Psa. 102:3‑4)
;
Psa. 119:81‑83• 81CAPH. My 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. (Psa. 119:81‑83)
;
Luke 22:44• 44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. (Luke 22:44)
• The inward effect is that his spirit is overwhelmed, and his heart desolate. (“Psalms 143” by H. Smith)
• Hence they look to the Lord for a speedy answer to their supplications. Their spirit has been tried to the utmost. They acknowledge that if the Lord will not help all is hopeless and their end will be as those who go down to the pit (vs. 4-8). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
4
And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.