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Psalms 143:5

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

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זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּיzakhartibe maleזָכַרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be male”, a completed actionH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.יָמִ֨יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…מִקֶּ֗דֶםmiqedemfrom beforeקֶדֶםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from before”, the ordinary formH6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).הָגִ֥יתִיhagitiimagineהָגָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “imagine”, a completed actionH1897to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponderimagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.בְכָלvekhalin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָpaolekhaactפֹּעַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “act”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6467an act or work (concretely)act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖הbemaasehin businessמַעֲשֶׂהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.יָדֶ֣יךָyadeykhahandיָדnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […אֲשׂוֹחֵֽחַasochechacommuneשִׂיחַverb, polel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “commune”, an unfinished actionH7878to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) uttercommune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).

Jewish translation (JPS 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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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Lord, bow down thy heavens and descend: touch the mountains and they shall smoke.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea , I meditated on the works of thine hands.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐμνήσθην ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων· καὶ ἐμελέτησα ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου, ἐν ποιήμασι τῶν χειρῶν σου ἐμελέτων.