Psalmen 143:5

5 Ik gedenk aan de dagen van ouds; ik overleg al Uw daden; ik spreek bij mijzelven van de werken Uwer handen.

Psalmen 143:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 143:5

I remember the days of old
Former times he had read and heard of, in which the Lord appeared for his people that trusted in him; or the former part of his own life, his younger days, when the Lord delivered him from the lion and bear, and from the uncircumcised Philistine, whom he slew; and made him victorious in battles, and preserved him from the rage and malice of Saul. If this was written on account of Absalom, those times of deliverance he called to mind, in order to encourage his faith and hope, and cheer his drooping spirits;

I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands;
the works of creation and providence, in order to observe the instances of divine power, wisdom, and goodness in them; and from thence fetch arguments, to engage his trust and confidence in the Lord: he both thought of these things within himself, and he "talked" ^F23 of them to his friends that were with him, as the last of these words used may signify; and all this he did to cheer his own spirit, and the spirits of the men that were with him, in the time of distress and danger.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (xxwva) "loquor", Piscator; "sermocinatus sum", Cocceius; "aut colloquor", Gejerus, Michaelis.

Psalmen 143:5 In-Context

3 Want de vijand vervolgt mijn ziel, hij vertreedt mijn leven ter aarde; hij legt mij in duisternissen, als degenen, die over lang dood zijn.

4 Daarom wordt mijn geest overstelpt in mij, mijn hart is verbaasd in het midden van mij.

5 Ik gedenk aan de dagen van ouds; ik overleg al Uw daden; ik spreek bij mijzelven van de werken Uwer handen.

6 Ik breid mijn handen uit tot U; mijn ziel is voor U als een dorstig land. Sela.

7 Verhoor mij haastelijk, HEERE! mijn geest bezwijkt; verberg Uw aangezicht niet van mij, want ik zou gelijk worden dengenen, die in den kuil dalen.