Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 143:6
6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. 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
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. 7Hear me speedily, O Yhwh: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
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פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ נַפְשִׁ֓י׀ כְּאֶֽרֶץ־עֲיֵפָ֖ה לְךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 143:6
- Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
- Psalms 88:9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Yhwh, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
- Job 11:13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
- Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
- Psalms 63:1O 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 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Yhwh: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
- Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Yhwh, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
- Isaiah 35:7And 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 7:37In 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.
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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