King James Version
Psalms 143:5 in the King James Version says “I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 143 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.”
Psalms 143:5 · KJV
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.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Hear 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
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I remember”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
“the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“of old”
H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“on the work”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“of thy hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“I muse”
H7878to ponder, i.e., (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
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