Psaumes 143:6

Louis Segond

J'étends mes mains vers toi; Mon âme soupire après toi, comme une terre desséchée. Pause.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
J'�tends mes mains vers toi; mon �me a soif de toi, comme une terre alt�r�e. (S�lah.)

Darby's French Translation
J'�tends mes mains vers toi; mon �me, comme une terre alt�r�e, a soif de toi. S�lah.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
J'�tends mes mains vers toi; mon �me s'adresse � toi comme une terre alt�r�e : [S�lah.]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stretch forth: Psalms 44:20, Psalms 88:9, Job 11:13

my soul: Psalms 42:1, Psalms 42:2, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 84:2, Isaiah 26:8, Isaiah 26:9, Isaiah 35:7, John 7:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:63 - to meditate Exodus 9:29 - spread Deuteronomy 4:4 - General 1 Samuel 1:15 - poured 1 Chronicles 11:17 - longed 2 Chronicles 6:12 - spread forth Ezra 9:5 - spread Job 7:2 - earnestly desireth Psalms 28:2 - when Psalms 63:8 - followeth Psalms 68:31 - stretch Psalms 73:25 - none upon Psalms 116:4 - O Lord Isaiah 37:14 - and Hezekiah went Isaiah 55:1 - every Lamentations 3:41 - lift Habakkuk 3:9 - Selah Luke 6:21 - ye that hunger Luke 22:44 - being Revelation 7:16 - hunger

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I stretch forth my hands unto thee,.... In prayer, as the Targum adds; for this is a prayer gesture, 1 Kings 8:38; both hands were stretched forth, earnestly imploring help, and ready to receive and embrace every blessing bestowed with thankfulness;

my soul [thirsteth] after thee as a thirsty land. As a dry land, which wants water, gapes, and as it were thirsts for rain, which is very refreshing to it; so his soul thirsted after God, after his word and ordinances, after communion with him in them, after his grace and fresh supplies of it; particularly after pardoning grace and mercy, after the coming of Christ, and the blessings of grace by him; as reconciliation, atonement, righteousness, and salvation; after more knowledge of God and Christ, and divine truths; and after the enjoyment of them in heaven to all eternity. Some copies read, "in a thirsty land" x, and so some versions; see Psalms 42:1.

Selah; on this word, Psalms 42:1- :.

x בארץ Cod. Heb. Bomberg. Venet. "in terra siticulosa", Musculus, Tarnovius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I stretch forth my hands unto thee - In prayer. I have nowhere else to go. See Psalms 88:9.

My soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land - As land in a time of drought “seems” to thirst for rain. See the notes at Psalms 63:1. Compare Psalms 42:1. The word rendered “thirsty” here means properly “weary.” The idea is that of a land which seems to be weary; which has no vigor of growth; and where everything seems to be exhausted. The same word occurs in Isaiah 32:2 : “As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 143:6. I stretch forth my hands — This is a natural action. All in distress, or under the influence of eager desire, naturally extend their hands and arms, as if to catch at help and obtain succour.

As a thirsty land. — Parched and burned by the sun, longs for rain, so does my thirsty soul for the living God.