Parallel Verses

Amplified


I reach out my hands to You;
My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.

New American Standard Bible

I stretch out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.

King James Version

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Holman Bible

I spread out my hands to You;
I am like parched land before You.Selah

International Standard Version

I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude

A Conservative Version

I spread forth my hands to thee. My soul [is] as a weary land for thee. Selah.

American Standard Version

I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah

Darby Translation

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah.

Julia Smith Translation

I spread out my hands to thee: my soul as a weary land for thee. Silence.

King James 2000

I stretch forth my hands unto you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I stretch out my hands to you; my soul [longs] for you like a dry land. Selah

Modern King James verseion

I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land. Selah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. Selah.

NET Bible

I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.

New Heart English Bible

I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

Webster

I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

World English Bible

I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

Youngs Literal Translation

I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

Context Readings

A Cry For Help

5
I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all that You have done;
I ponder the work of Your hands.
6 
I reach out my hands to You;
My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.
7
Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).


Cross References

Psalm 63:1

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;
My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Job 11:13


“If you direct your heart [on the right path]
And stretch out your hands to Him,

Psalm 88:9


My eye grows dim with sorrow.
O Lord, I have called on You every day;
I have spread out my hands to You [in prayer].

Psalm 42:1-2

As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks,
So my soul pants [longingly] for You, O God.

Psalm 44:20


If we had forgotten the name of our God
Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,

Psalm 84:2


My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Isaiah 26:8-9


Indeed, in the path of Your judgments, O Lord,
We have waited expectantly for You;
Your name, even Your memory, is the desire and deep longing of our souls.

Isaiah 35:7


And the burning sand (mirage) will become a pool [of water]
And the thirsty ground springs of water;
In the haunt of jackals, where they lay resting,
Grass becomes reeds and rushes.

John 7:37

Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!

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