Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.
New American Standard Bible
My
King James Version
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Holman Bible
I am like parched land before You.
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.
Darby Translation
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. 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.
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.
Themes
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » Spiritual thirst, examples of
hands » Laying on of » Lifted up
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
Topics
Word Count of 18 Translations in Psalm 143:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry For Help
5 I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments. 6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land. 7 Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 63:1
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O 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.
Job 11:13
"As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,
Psalm 88:9
My 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.
Psalm 42:1-2
For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!
Psalm 44:20
If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,
Psalm 84:2
I 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 26:8-9
Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.
Isaiah 35:7
The 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 7:37
On 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