Psalms 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Psalms 143:6 in other translations
| BSB | I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah |
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| WEB | I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah. |
| ASV | I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. [Selah |
| YLT | I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah. |
| DARBY | I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah. |
| BBE | My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.) |
| Webster | I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. |
What does Psalms 143:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 143:5-6
5-6. The distress is aggravated by the contrast of former comfort (Psa 22:3-5), for whose return he longs. a thirsty land--which needs rain, as did his spirit God's gracious visits (Psa 28:1; 89:17).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 143:1-6
We have no righteousness of our own to plead, therefore must plead God's righteousness, and the word of promise which he has freely given us, and caused us to hope in. David, before he prays for the removal of his trouble, prays for the pardon of his sin, and depends upon mercy alone for it. He bemoans the weight upon his mind from outward troubles. But he looks back, and remembers God's former appearance for his…
Psalms 143:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 143:6
- Job 11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
- Psalms 63:1
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Psalms 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
- Psalms 84:2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
- Psalms 42:1-2
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
- Psalms 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
- Isaiah 26:8-9
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
- Isaiah 35:7
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
- John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
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Context
- Psalms 143:5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
- Psalms 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
- Psalms 143:7
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 143:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Extendí mis manos á ti; mi alma á ti como la tierra sedienta. (Selah.) |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | J’étends mes mains vers toi; mon âme, comme une terre altérée, a soif de toi. Sélah. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Zu dir breite ich meine Hände aus; gleich einem lechzenden Lande lechzt meine Seele nach dir. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fulgura coruscationem, et dissipabis eos; emitte sagittas tuas, et conturbabis eos. |