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Psalms 143:6

143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

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

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

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

143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. lest: or, for I am become like, etc

What does Psalms 143:6 mean?

Psalms 143:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּרַשׂ (pâras), יָד (yâd), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh).

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I
stretch
forthפָּרַשׂpâras/paw-ras'/H6566to break apart, disperse, etc.
my
handsיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
unto
thee:
my
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
thirsteth
after
thee,
as
a
thirstyעָיֵףʻâyêph/aw-yafe'/H5889languid
land.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Selah.סֶלָהçelâh/seh'-law/H5542suspension (of music), i.e. pause

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 143:6.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 9:5

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

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What does Psalms 143:6 say?

Psalms 143:6 (King James Version) reads: "I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah."

Is Psalms 143:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 143:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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