Psalm 143:6

New International Reader's Version

I spread out my hands to you in prayer. I’m thirsty for you, just as dry ground is thirsty for rain.

Cross References

Job 11:13

“So commit yourself to God completely. Reach out your hands to him for help.

Job 7:2

I’ve been like a slave who longs for the evening shadows to come. I’ve been like a hired worker who is waiting to be paid.

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night. All day long people say to me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 44:20

We didn’t forget our God. We didn’t spread out our hands in prayer to a false god.

Psalm 63:1

God, you are my God. I seek you with all my heart. With all my strength I thirst for you in this dry desert where there isn’t any water.

Psalm 84:2

I can’t wait to be in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple. I really want to be there. My whole being cries out for the living God.

Psalm 88:10

Do you do wonderful things for those who are dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?

Psalm 88:9

I’m crying so much I can’t see very well. Lord, I call out to you every day. I lift up my hands to you in prayer.

Exodus 9:29

Moses replied, “When I’ve left the city, I’ll lift up my hands and pray to the Lord. The thunder will stop. There won’t be any more hail. Then you will know that the earth belongs to the Lord.

Isaiah 35:7

The burning sand will become a pool of water. The thirsty ground will become bubbling springs. In the places where wild dogs once lay down, tall grass and papyrus will grow.

John 7:37

It was the last and most important day of the feast. Jesus stood up and spoke in a loud voice. He said, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.