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Psalms 143:6
6I spread out my hands to you; I am like parched land before you.Selah
Psalms 143:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
Context of Psalms 143:6
4My spirit is weak within me; my heart is overcome with dismay. 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on the work of your hands. I spread out my hands to you; I am like parched land before you.Selah 7Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit. 8Let me experience your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in you. Reveal to me the way I should go because I appeal to you.
Read all of Psalms 143Psalms 143:6 word by word
פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ נַפְשִׁ֓י׀ כְּאֶֽרֶץ־עֲיֵפָ֖ה לְךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 143:6
- Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god,
- Psalms 88:9My eyes are worn out from crying. Lord, I cry out to you all day long; I spread out my hands to you.
- Job 11:13As for you, if you redirect your heart and spread out your hands to him in prayer —
- Psalms 42:1As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God.
- Psalms 63:1God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
- Psalms 84:2I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
- Isaiah 26:8Yes, Lord, we wait for you in the path of your judgments. Our desire is for your name and renown.
- Isaiah 35:7the parched ground will become a pool, and the thirsty land, springs. In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs, there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.
- John 7:37On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
Commentaries on Psalms 143:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I stretch forth my hands unto thee - In prayer. I have nowhere else to go. See Psalm 88:9. My soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land - As land in a time of drought “seems” to thirst for rain. See the notes at Psalm 63:1. Compare Psalm 42:1. The word rendered “thirsty” here means properly “weary.” The idea is that of a land which seems to be weary; which has no vigor of growth; and where everything seems to be exhausted. The same word occurs in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The psalmist’s thirst is a deep longing for God’s redemption (see Psalm 42:1–2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. 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).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 6like a weary land in exile.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 143
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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