I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
Parallel translations
- KJV I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
- BSB I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- NKJV I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
- NASB I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah
- NLT I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
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Cross-references · 9
- Ps 63:1A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Job 11:13“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
- Ps 84:2My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Ps 88:9My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
- Ps 42:1–2For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
- Ps 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god;
- Isa 26:8–9Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
- Isa 35:7The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
- John 7:37Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
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