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My strength leaves me;[a]
I am absolutely shocked.[b]
I recall the old days.[c]
I meditate on all you have done;
I reflect on your accomplishments.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:4 tn Heb “my spirit grows faint.”
  2. Psalm 143:4 tn Heb “in my midst my heart is shocked.” For a similar use of the Hitpolel of שָׁמֵם (shamem), see Isa 59:16; 63:5.
  3. Psalm 143:5 tn Or “ancient times”; Heb “days from before.”
  4. Psalm 143:5 tn Heb “the work of your hands.”

So my spirit grows faint within me;
    my heart within me is dismayed.(A)
I remember(B) the days of long ago;
    I meditate(C) on all your works
    and consider what your hands have done.

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