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Psalm 143:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 143:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 My spirit is faint within me,
and my heart[a] has succumbed to fear.
5 I remember the days of old,
reflecting on all your actions
and meditating on the works of your hands.[b]
6 I stretch out my hands[c] to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 143:4 Heart: see note on Ps 4:8.
- Psalm 143:5 See Pss 42:5; 77:6, 12f.
- Psalm 143:6 Stretch out my hands: in supplication (see Pss 44:21; 88:10; Ex 9:29). Soul: see note on Ps 6:4. Thirsts for you: see Ps 63:2.