New English Translation
Psalms 143:6
6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.
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 strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked. 5I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments. I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land. 7Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave. 8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for 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 rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,
- Psalms 88:9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
- Job 11:13“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,
- Psalms 42:1As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!
- Psalms 63:1O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
- Psalms 84:2I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
- Isaiah 26:8Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.
- Isaiah 35:7The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.
- John 7:37On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
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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