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Psalms 143:6

I stretch forth. R.V. I spread forth. Cp. Psalms 44:20; Psalms 88:9; Lamentations 1:17.

my soulthirsteth for thee, as aweary land -Thirsteth" or some similar verb must be supplied. Cp. Psalms 60:1, from which the words are taken. As the parched land, wearied with long continued drought, longs for refreshing rain, so he longs for a renewal of the old manifestation of God's goodness. Cp. Psalms 68:9, note, for rain as an emblem of Divine blessing.

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See also Psalms 143:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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 o...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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. S...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 143-145 In Psalms 143:1 the enemy is mentioned again, the enemy who pursued David. “For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in da...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXLIII. There is no internal argument to justify the LXX title, A Ps. of [or by] David when his son persecuted him. On the contrary, it contains reminiscences of other and those late Psalms 143:3_ b_...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AS. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, read "in". SELAH. Connecting and returning to prayer (7-11) as the consequence of the reflection (5, 6). This is the last Selah (of seventy-one) in...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    MY SOUL THIRTIETH AFTER THEE, &C.— _My soul is as a thirsty land for thee._ Mudge....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 143 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Continued Concealment in the Cave: its Griefs and its Gains. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 143:1-2, Remarkable Pleadings and Deprecation. Stanza II., Psalms 143:3-4, How

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. I STRETCH FORTH MY HANDS UNTO THEE (): MY SOUL THIRSTETH AFTER THEE, AS A THIRSTY LAND - as a parched lan...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4; Psalms 7. HEAR] better, 'answer': cp. Psalms 28:1....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate reminiscences from earlier Pss....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD IS MY ONLY HOPE PSALMS 143 Jesus said, "Father, if it is possible, I pray that this cup will pass from me. But (it must be) what you want (to happen). It mu...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    With the first clause comp. Psalms 44:20. THIRSTY LAND. — See Psalms 63:1, which explains this elliptical sentence. As our Lord taught, God is even more ready to send the refreshing spiritual shower...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ נַפְשִׁ֓י ׀ כְּ אֶֽרֶץ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 143:1 THIS psalm's depth of sadness and contrition, blended with yearning trust, recalls the earlier psalms attributed to David. Probably this general resemblance in inwardness and mood is all...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      THE CRY OF THE THIRSTY SOUL Psalms 143:1-12 This psalm falls into four stanzas of three verses each. _Complaint,_ Psalms 143:1-3. Though the enemy has resorted to unwarrantable violence, David re...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is the last of the four psalms, and both in respect of the sense of helplessness and of assurance in God, it is more vivid and striking than either of them. So far as human situation is concerned...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is very sweet and blessed; under present troubles, to call to remembrance former mercies. Asaph found this, Psalms 77:3. Hence that sweet promise, Genesis 22:14. Reader, let you and I look back, un...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6._I have stretched forth my hands to thee_. Here appears the good effect of meditation, that it stirred David up to pray; for if we reflect seriously upon the acting’s of God towards his people, and...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144. The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and not...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 e...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. Ver. 6. _I stretch forth my hands unto thee_] As a poor beggar for an alms. Beggary here is not the easie...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I remember the days of old_ That is, but still, upon a more calm reflection, I consider what thou hast done for thy servants in former times, and likewise what thou hast done for me during the persec...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A PRAYER OF REPENTANCE AND A SIGH FOR MERCY. A psalm of David, which sets forth the fundamental facts concerning sin and grace, for which reason it was reckoned by Luther with the Pauline psalms....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I stretch forth my hands unto Thee, in a gesture denoting both helplessness and absolute reliance upon the mercy of the Lord; MY SOUL THIRSTETH AFTER THEE AS A THIRSTY LAND, languishing with desire fo...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 We have no righteousness of our own to plead, therefore must plead God's righteousness, and the word of promise which he has freely given us, and caused us to hope in. David, before he prays for...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I STRETCH FORTH MY HANDS UNTO THEE; I pray to thee fervently. SEE POOLE ON "PSALMS 141:2". THIRSTETH AFTER THEE; after thy favour and help. AS A THIRSTY LAND, to wit, thirsteth for rain....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 143:6 out H6566 (H8765) hands H3027 soul H5315 thirsty H5889 land H776 Selah H5542 stretch forth -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    «A psalm of David.» Psalms 143:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness._ It is a theory held by some persons of skeptical mi...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 143:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no ma...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 143:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no ma...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Complaint of great distresses and dangers and prayer that persecutors might be reckoned with. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we look with earnest desire toward God, we need not let...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This is the last of the penitential psalms, and is uniformly ascribed to David. It was composed during a period of exile. The LXX and the Vulgate, “on the rebellion of Absalom.” Psalms 143:10. _Thy S...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications._ A PENITENTIAL SOUL IN PRAYER I. The reasons urged. 1. A consciousness of moral unrighteousness (verse 2). No man will ever pray rightly until...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 143:1. This individual lament is a penitential psalm. The person’s troubles make him aware of his own sins. ⇐

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 143:5 Being at the end of his strength need not mean that he gives up. Instead, if he can REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD, he will find in himself fresh courage to STRETCH OUT his...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION This is the last of what are called the Seven Penitential Psalms. In the Hebrew it has the superscription, “A Psalm of David.” And in the Septuagint and the Vulgate there is added, “When...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ALMOST entirely a psalm of supplication, partly general (Psalms 143:1, Psalms 143:7), partly special (Psalms 143:2,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 143:1-12, another psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness. And enter not into judgment with your servant: f...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 38:18; Isaiah 57:16; Isaiah 8:17; Luke 21:26; Psalms 13:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    As land — Thirsteth for rain....

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