Psalms 143:4

my spirit. me. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, put for the whole person, for emphasis.

overwhelmed. Same word as Psalms 77:3; Psalms 107:5; Psalms 142:3.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 143:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me - See the notes at Psalms 77:3 . Compare Psalms 42:5-7 . His spirit was broken and crushed. He was...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my (e) heart within me is desolate. (e) So that only by faith and by the grace of God's Spirit was he...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLIII. There is no internal argument to justify the LXX title, A Ps. of [or by] David when his son persecuted him. On the contrary, it contains re...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. And my spirit, etc. Hitherto he has spoken of the troubles that were without, now he acknowledges the feebleness of his spirits, from whic...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. Therefore is my spirit - I am deeply depressed in spirit, and greatly a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me ( Psalms 142:3 ;...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate reminiscences from earlier Pss.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Is.. overwhelmed ] better, 'faints.' Is desolate ] better, 'is bewildered.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

See Psalms 142:3 , and Notes. Is desolate. — Or, more literally, as in Isaiah 59:16 ; Isaiah 63:5 , &c, wondered; literally, fills itsel...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 143:1-12 THIS psalm's depth of sadness and contrition, blended with yearning trust, recalls the earlier psalms attributed to David. Probabl...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cry of the Thirsty Soul Psalms 143:1-12 This psalm falls into four stanzas of three verses each. Complaint, Psalms 143:1-3 . Though the...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the last of the four psalms, and both in respect of the sense of helplessness and of assurance in God, it is more vivid and striking than eit...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jesus might yet thus complain, because when he stood forth in our stead, he felt all that it was our due to have felt, had he not interposed. The tem...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me ,.... Covered over with grief, borne down with sorrow, ready to sink and fail; Psalms 142:3 ; my he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. Ver. 4. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed ] God's dearest children...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul This is not a reason of what he said last, Psalms 143:2 , but an argument to enforce his petition, delivered...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Petitions. A psalm of David. 1 Hear my prayer, O L...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My spirit overwhelmed within me. See Poole on " Psalms 61:2 " See Poole on " Psalms 142:3 " . Is desolate; deprived of all hope and comfort. Or, i...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This is the last of what are called the Seven Penitential Psalms. In the Hebrew it has the superscription, “A Psalm of David.” And in t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 143:1-19 . Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 143:1-19 . Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

«A psalm of David.» Psalms 143:1 . Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This is the last of the penitential psalms, and is uniformly ascribed to David. It was composed during a period of exile. The LXX and the Vulgate, “o...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications. A penitential soul in prayer I. The reasons urged. 1. A consciousness of moral unright...
The Biblical Illustrator

My heart within me is desolate. Trouble of soul He spake before of his external calamities; now he confesseth the infirmities of his mind, that...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION ALMOST entirely a psalm of supplication, partly general ( Psalms 143:1 , Psalms 143:7 ), partly special ( Psalms 143:2 , Psalms 1...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer of Repentance and a Sigh for Mercy. A psalm of David, which sets forth the fundamental facts concerning sin and grace, for which reason i...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me, being faint by reason of the long duration of his trials; my heart within me is desolate, not only fo...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 17:34-37 ; 1 Samuel 17:45-50 ; Deuteronomy 8:2 ; Deuteronomy 8:3 ; Isaiah 63:7-14 ; Micah 6:5 ; Psalms 111:4 ; Psalms 42:6 ; Psalms...

⁴ Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 143:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 143:4