If thou set thy heart aright,\par\tab And stretch out thy hands toward him;
Psalm 143:6 - American Standard Version 2015 I spread forth my hands unto thee:\par\tab My soul {\i thirsteth} after thee, as a weary land. {\i Selah Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. [Selah Common English Bible I stretch out my hands to you; my whole being is like dry dirt, thirsting for you. Selah Catholic Public Domain Version Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: shoot out thy arrows, and thou shalt trouble them. |
If thou set thy heart aright,\par\tab And stretch out thy hands toward him;
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow,\par\tab And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:
My tears have been my food day and night,\par\tab While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
If we have forgotten the name of our God,\par\tab Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
{\b A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.}\par\par\tab O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee:\par\tab My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee,\par\tab In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah;\par\tab My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?\par\tab Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? {\i Selah
Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction:\par\tab I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah;\par\tab I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's.
And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Now on the last day, the great {\i day} of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, {\cf6 If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.