I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

  • KJV King James Version

    I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy doing; I muse on the work of Thy hands.

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Cross-references (9)

Passages linked to Psalms 143:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Psalms 77:10-12 Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.” I will remember Yah’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old. I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.
  • Psalms 77:5-6 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
  • 1 Samuel 17:45-50 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.” When the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
  • Psalms 111:4 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
  • Micah 6:5 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”
  • 1 Samuel 17:34-37 David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him. Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.” David said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”
  • Isaiah 63:7-14 I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them. Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?” Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name? Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn’t stumble? As the livestock that go down into the valley, Yahweh’s Spirit caused them to rest. So you led your people to make yourself a glorious name.
  • Deuteronomy 8:2-3 You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.
  • Psalms 42:6 My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.

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Explain this verse (16 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To wit, thy great benefits of old, and the…

To wit, thy great benefits of old, and the manifold examples of thy favor towards thine.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 143:5 I remember the days of old; I…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain I remember the days of old, i.e. what thou…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I remember the days of old,.... Former times he…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The days - What thou hast done for thy…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. I remember the days of old] Thou…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 143:5-6. I remember the days of old —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain I remember the days of old - Former times.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. I remember the days of old—This refers to…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. Cp. Psa_77:5; Psa_77:11-12. The recollection of God’s wonderful…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) See Psa_77:5-6.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I remember the days of old. Still, in the…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 5. I remember the days of old. When…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain I remember the days of old.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 call to mind
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 143:5-6 Remembering God’s acts from the past reassures the…

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