Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 (think deeply) (intensely study) on all your activities. I muse on the work of your hands. 6 I stretch out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.
7 Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

Cross References

Psalm 63:1

([[Psalm of David] in the wilderness of Judah:]) O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. I thirst for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.

Job 11:13

Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

Psalm 88:9

My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Jehovah. I stretch out my hands to you in prayer.

Psalm 42:1-2

([Sons of Korah]) As the deer desires the water brooks, so I desire you, O God.

Psalm 44:20

If we forgot the name of our God or stretched out our hands to pray to another god,

Psalm 84:2

How I want to be there! I long to be in Jehovah's temple. With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.

Isaiah 26:8-9

Yes, Jehovah, walking in the way of your Laws, we wait for you. Your name and your fame are the desire of our hearts.

Isaiah 35:7

The parched ground will become a lake, and dry land will be filled with springs. Marsh grass and reeds will grow where jackals used to live.

John 7:37

On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and shouted in a loud voice: If any man thirst let him come to me and drink.

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