Revised Version 1895
Psalms 143:6
6I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary 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 doings: I muse on the work of thy hands. I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah 7Make haste to answer me, O LORD; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me; lest I become like 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.
Read all of Psalms 143Psalms 143:6 word by word
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 spread forth our hands to a strange god;
- Psalms 88:9Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
- Job 11:13If thou set thine heart aright, 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 weary land, where no water is.
- Psalms 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
- Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; to thy name and to thy memorial is the desire of our soul.
- Isaiah 35:7And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
- John 7:37Now on the last day, the 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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