Psalms 143:6

I spread out my hands to you: I thirst for you, like parched earth. Selah

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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, and brood over all you have done, musing on all that your hands have wrought.

7Answer me soon, Lord, because my spirit is spent. Hide not your face from me, else become I like those who go down to the pit.

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Cross References

Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food by day and by night; for they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalms 63:1O God, my God, you, you do I seek: my heart thirsts for you, my body faints for you in a parched and waterless land.

Psalms 88:9my eyes are wasted with sorrow. I call on you, Lord, every day, spreading my hands out to you.

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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