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Psalms 143:6
Psalms 143:6 is verse 6 of Psalms chapter 143, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
King James Version
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
World English Bible
I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
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Psalms 143:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
Job 11:13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Psalms 42:2My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Isaiah 26:8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
Isaiah 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 35:7The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.