Psalm 143:4

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

Cross-reference

Psalm 55:5 Parallel

Psalm 55:5 mirrors the same overwhelming fear and horror, using 'fear and trembling' and 'horror' to describe a faint heart.

Psalm 61:2 Parallel

Psalm 61:2 uses 'heart grows faint' directly, crying out for refuge — the same plea from a failing spirit.

Psalm 77:3 Parallel

Psalm 77:3 has the identical phrase 'my spirit grew faint' in a context of remembered groaning.

Psalm 102:4 Parallel

Psalm 102:4 says 'my heart is blighted and withered like grass' — directly parallel to heart dismayed.

Psalm 142:3 Parallel

Psalm 142:3 repeats 'my spirit grows faint within me' almost verbatim, linking the two laments closely.

Psalm 6:6 Parallel

Psalm 6:6 describes weeping and weariness that matches the fainting spirit here—both express intense emotional anguish.

Psalm 13:2 Parallel

Psalm 13:2 also speaks of sorrow in the heart all day—the same inner desolation, but with a 'how long' cry.

Psalm 38:10 Parallel

Psalm 38:10 describes heart throbbing and strength failing—directly parallel to the fainting and desolate heart here.

Psalm 42:5 Parallel

Psalm 42:5 asks 'Why are you cast down, O my soul?'—same downcast soul, but then calls to hope in God.

Psalm 88:3 Parallel

Psalm 88:3 says 'my soul is full of troubles' and near death—the same overwhelming despair with no relief.

Psalm 119:81-83 also depicts a fainting soul longing for God's salvation, adding hope amid desolation.

Psalm 141:8 Parallel

In Psalm 141:8, fixing eyes on God for refuge directly answers the fainting and dismay of 143:4.

Psalm 57:6 Parallel

Psalm 57:6 says 'my soul was bowed down' due to enemies—parallel to the desolate heart here in a persecution context.

Psalm 124:4 Parallel

Psalm 124:4 uses flood imagery for being overwhelmed — a different metaphor for the same despair.

Psalm 25:16 Parallel

Psalm 25:16 pleads for grace in loneliness and affliction — a related but less specific distress.

Romans 8:26 Parallel

Romans 8:26 reveals the Spirit interceding in our weakness—divine help for the fainting spirit described in 143:4.