Psalms 143:6
I spread forth my hands to thee. My soul [is] as a weary land for thee. Selah.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
In Context
5I remember the days of old. I meditate on all thy doings. I muse on the work of thy hands.
Cross References
Exodus 9:29And Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to LORD. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail, that thou may know that the earth is LORD's.
Job 11:13If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 63:1O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water.
Psalms 88:9My eye wastes away because of affliction. I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, I have spread forth my hands to thee.
Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, we have waited for thee, to thy name. Even to thy memorial, is the desire of our soul.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 143:2-7
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate… Read the whole commentary →