Psalm 143:6 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁶ My hands to thee I stretch; my soul thirsts, as dry land, for thee.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ I stretch forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ I spread forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land [for water]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. [Selah

Common English Bible

⁶ I stretch out my hands to you; my whole being is like dry dirt, thirsting for you. Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray.

Psalm 143:6 Cross References

Psalm 63:1

Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek: my soul doth thirst for thee; My flesh longs in a dry parch'd land, wherein no waters be:

Psalm 88:9

By reason of affliction mine eye mourns dolefully: To thee, Lord, do I call, and stretch my hands continually.

Psalm 84:2

My thirsty soul longs veh'mently, yea faints, thy courts to see: My very heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for thee.

Psalm 44:20

If we God's name forgot, or stretch'd to a strange god our hands,

Psalm 42:3

My tears have unto me been meat, both in the night and day, While unto me continually, Where is thy God? they say.

Psalm 88:10

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall they rise, and thee bless?