Psalm 143:6
Strong's Lexicon
I stretch out
פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי (pê·raś·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6566: 1) to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to spread out, display 1a2) to spread over 1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread out 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to spread out 1c1) to scatter

my hands
יָדַ֣י (yā·ḏay)
Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

to You;
אֵלֶ֑יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

my soul
נַפְשִׁ֓י ׀ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

thirsts
עֲיֵפָ֖ה (‘ă·yê·p̄āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5889: 1) faint, exhausted, weary

for you
לְךָ֣ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

like a parched land.
כְּאֶֽרֶץ־ (kə·’e·reṣ-)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: 1) to lift up, exalt 1a) Selah 1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

Young's Literal Translation
I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul [is] as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I spread out my hands to You; I am like parched land before You. Selah

New American Standard Bible
I stretch out my hands to You; My soul [longs] for You, as a parched land. Selah.

King James Bible
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.

New Living Translation
I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude

English Standard Version
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

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

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

Holman Christian Standard 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

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

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.
















Cross References
Exodus 9:29
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S.

Job 11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Psalm 42:2
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Psalm 63:1
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Psalm 63:4
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

Psalm 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Isaiah 55:1
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 143:5
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

Psalm 143:4
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

Psalm 143:3
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.
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