Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah.

New American Standard Bible

I stretch out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.

King James Version

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Holman Bible

I spread out my hands to You;
I am like parched land before You.Selah

International Standard Version

I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude

A Conservative Version

I spread forth my hands to thee. My soul [is] as a weary land for thee. Selah.

American Standard Version

I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah

Amplified


I reach out my hands to You;
My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.

Julia Smith Translation

I spread out my hands to thee: my soul as a weary land for thee. Silence.

King James 2000

I stretch forth my hands unto you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I stretch out my hands to you; my soul [longs] for you like a dry land. Selah

Modern King James verseion

I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land. Selah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. Selah.

NET Bible

I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.

New Heart English Bible

I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

Webster

I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

World English Bible

I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

Youngs Literal Translation

I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

Context Readings

A Cry For Help

5 I remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands. 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah. 7 Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.


Cross References

Psalm 63:1

{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

Job 11:13

If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,

Psalm 88:9

Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Psalm 42:1-2

{To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Psalm 44:20

If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,

Psalm 84:2

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Isaiah 26:8-9

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial.

Isaiah 35:7

And the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of wild dogs, where they lay down, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

John 7:37

In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.

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