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Psalm 143:6

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143:6I spread my hands out to you in prayer;12

my soul thirsts for you in a parched13 land.14

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Footnotes

  1. 12 The words “in prayer” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the psalmist is referring to a posture of prayer.
  2. 13 Heb “faint” or “weary.” See Ps 63:1.
  3. 14 Heb “my soul like a faint land for you.” A verb (perhaps “thirsts”) is implied (see Ps 63:1). The translation assumes an emendation of the preposition -ךְּ (ké, “like”) to -בְּ (bé, “in,” see Ps 63:1; cf. “athirst for thee in a thirsty land”). If the is retained, one might translate, “my soul thirsts for you, as a parched land does for water/rain” (cf. , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I stretch out my hands to you;

my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I spread out my hands to you;

I thirst for you like a parched land.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I spread out my hands to you;

I am like parched land before you.

Selah

NLTNew Living Translation

I lift my hands to you in prayer.

I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain.

Interlude

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I stretch out my hands to you;

my soul longs for you like a dry land. Selah

KJV 1900King James Version

I stretch forth my hands unto thee:

My soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.