Psalms 143:6
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
5 I 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.
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.
8 Cause 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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- KJV
- I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
- 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
- DARBY
- I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, [thirsteth] after thee. Selah.
- BLB
- I spread out my hands to You; my soul [is] like a land exhausted for You. Selah
- ÅB
- Jeg utbreder mine hender til deg, min sjel lenges etter deg som et vansmektende land. Sela.
- OTB
- Jeg rekker ut mine hender til deg;
Min sjel tørster etter deg, som et uttørket land.
Sela - B1930
- Jeg utbreder mine hender til dig, min sjel lenges efter dig som et vansmektende land. Sela.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Read in contextPsalms 63:1
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;
Read in contextPsalms 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in contextPsalms 42:1–2
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Read in contextPsalms 44:20
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
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