Psalms 143:6

I spread my hands out to you in prayer; ¹  my soul thirsts for you in a parched ²  land. ³ 

I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

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

I reach out for you. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude

Stretched out my hands to you, as thirsty for you as a desert thirsty for rain.

My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)

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

I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

I spread my hands out to you in prayer; ¹  my soul thirsts for you in a parched ²  land. ³ 

¹ tn The words “in prayer” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the psalmist is referring to a posture of prayer.

² tn Heb “faint” or “weary.” See Ps 63:1.

³ tc 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 -כְּ (kÿ, “like”) to -בְּ (bÿ, “in,” see Ps 63:1; cf. NEB “athirst for thee in a thirsty land”). If the MT is retained, one might translate, “my soul thirsts for you, as a parched land does for water/rain” (cf. NIV, NRSV).