Psalms 143:6

I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.

7Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:29Moses said: As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord, and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall be no more: that thou mayst know that the earth is the Lord's.

Job 11:13Rut thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.

Psalms 42:3My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

Psalms 63:1A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Edom.

Psalms 88:9Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:

Isaiah 26:8And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the 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 →

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