Psalms 143:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 63:1 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
  • Job 11:13 : 13 “As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,
  • Ps 88:9 : 9 My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
  • Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yes, as your judgments unfold, O LORD, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow. 9 I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
  • Isa 35:7 : 7 The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.
  • John 7:37 : 37 Teaching About the Spirit On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out,“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
  • Ps 42:1-2 : 1 Book 2(Psalms 42-72) For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God! 2 I thirst for God, for the living God. I say,“When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”
  • Ps 44:20 : 20 If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 63:1
    84%

    1A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

  • Ps 42:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1Book 2(Psalms 42-72) For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

    2I thirst for God, for the living God. I say,“When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

  • Ps 143:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

    8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

  • Ps 84:2
    78%

    2I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

  • Ps 32:4
    77%

    4For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)

  • Ps 143:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

    5I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments.

  • Ps 69:3
    76%

    3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

  • Ps 63:8
    76%

    8My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me.

  • Ps 77:2
    75%

    2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

  • Ps 141:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

    2May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!

  • Ps 22:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

  • Ps 119:25
    75%

    25ד(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!

  • Ps 88:9
    75%

    9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

  • Ps 119:131
    74%

    131I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

  • Ps 6:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking!

    3I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?

  • Ps 28:2
    73%

    2Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

  • Ps 119:20
    73%

    20I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.

  • Ps 31:9
    73%

    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

  • Jonah 2:7
    73%

    7When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

  • Ps 116:4
    73%

    4I called on the name of the LORD,“Please LORD, rescue my life!”

  • Ps 102:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

  • Ps 61:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

    2From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to a rocky summit where I can be safe!

  • Ps 17:6
    72%

    6I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!

  • Ps 38:9
    72%

    9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

  • Ps 25:16
    72%

    16Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

  • Ps 119:28
    72%

    28I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word!

  • Ps 141:8
    72%

    8Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

  • Ps 27:8
    72%

    8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.

  • Job 30:16
    72%

    16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

  • Ps 140:6
    72%

    6I say to the LORD,“You are my God.” O LORD, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • Ps 143:11
    72%

    11O LORD, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

  • Ps 63:5
    72%

    5As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

  • Isa 26:9
    72%

    9I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

  • Ps 42:6
    72%

    6I am depressed, so I will pray to you while in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

  • Ps 130:6
    72%

    6I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

  • Ps 107:5
    72%

    5They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

  • Ps 6:6
    72%

    6I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

  • Ps 142:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

    5I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”

  • Ps 130:1
    71%

    1A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

  • Isa 63:15
    71%

    15Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!

  • Ps 25:1
    71%

    1By David. O LORD, I come before you in prayer.